Titreenp
SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?
Skunkyrate
Gripping story with well-crafted characters
Cleveronix
A different way of telling a story
Kamila Bell
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
oprlvr33
Though I'm no wrestling fan, I am very familiar with the media presence of "Triple H" (Paul Levesque). Who says (former) wrestlers can't make the big screen? The Rock, Mr. T (before he switched to pro boxing), The Hulkster, Andre the Giant, etc.Levesque is actually well-fitted in this role, and very convincing; for his first actual big screen debut. He certainly can act; no doubt about that. The on-screen chemistry he shares with costar, veteran actress Annabeth Gish, is the most surprising. They play brilliantly off each other. Gish is even more gorgeous today, especially in this film, than during her 80's 'Mystic Pizza' days where she portrayed mostly straight-laced, virginal school girl roles. And with more than 30 films to her credit, including a few television appearances, she certainly has earned icon status.This film does NOT disappoint. I originally streamed it off Netflix, curious - seeing that "Triple H" was in the title. Again, very impressive. A must-see indeed.
rob_on_guitar
OK, before seeing any WWE movie, I don't really expect great acting, that is the way I just auto-think when I hear they made another movie. That being said, I tried to watch this with an open mind, didn't expect much at all but was interested to see if Triple H could fair better than his fellow wrestlers. Unfortunately although I found HHH a step above Cena, it wasn't enough to say the movie was good, but wasn't the worse. The support cast were OK doing the typical movie role of a family divided by a fathers (HHH) past, the same formula seen in many 80's and 90's family flicks, the first half hour was very painful to watch, bad beard and lines, but I have to admit it did pick up further along the movie. I gave the rating a 2 out of 10 simply because the movie seems like a popcorn fodder affair, it's a movie not made to make us think, maybe a laugh here and there with a bit of action, bit of a throw back to the 80s. I reckon these big wrestler types would suit better to horrors and thrillers if they are to keep sticking to 80s style movies.
antbohan
Continuing their attempt to take over the comedy genre following the "massive success" of last year's Knucklehead, WWE presents The Chaperone starring sixteen year WWE veteran Paul Levesque AKA - Triple H. Now for me the last WWE "superstar" I wanted to see hit the big screen would be The Game, the man who has dominated WWE television for over a decade and will continue to dominate it for years to come not to mention being next in line to run the company once Vince Mcmahon finally kicks the bucket! But credit where credit is due and I have to admit that Trips makes for a passable leading man in this movie and would in no way be pinpointed as having no prior big screen acting experience as he holds his own against a decent supporting cast that includes comedy veterans Kevin Corigan, Yeardley Smith and Enrco Colantoni. The Chaperone is not a fantastic movie but then WWE Pictures have never released a fantastic movie so expectations will always be low, hence I cannot slate The Chaperone too badly as it achieves what it sets out to do as a fun inoffensive comedy that can be enjoyed by the entire family, just not a great one of course!
kosuke-2
::Contains a very minor spoiler towards the end:: Was hoping for a fairly entertaining experience, but when I saw the WWE logo I knew it was going to be a tough movie to watch/keep interested in. The lead role, obviously a wrestler though I've never heard of him (I don't watch wrestling). His acting and script is as interesting and deep as what any wrestler does on stage. With a better written movie he might be OK, but this movie is seriously lacking in a realistic script and is full of clichés. Some of the actors/actresses do a fairly decent job and manage to make it bearable though there were several spots that made me just shake my head in disbelief. Take for example, the bank scene, the dialogue and events were so unbelievable I was tempted to turn the movie off. In the end, watch it if you have nothing else to do.