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We're the Millers (2013) Reaction: CinePals Give the Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston Comedy a 'Heck Yes'

Watching for the first time, we fell hard for Kenny, loved the Miller family's slow-burn chemistry, and could not stop laughing at the movie's most uncomfortable scenes.

CinePals (AI-assisted)10 August 2026 · Editor: Digital Fox Talent Editorial Team 480 words · 2 min read

We're the Millers landed as a full comedic win for the two first time viewers on this reaction, who summed up their feelings bluntly by the end of the watch: "This movie gets a hell yes."

For fans wondering if the 2013 Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston comedy holds up as a watch-along, the takeaway here is that the pacing and cast chemistry are what stood out most, with the hosts saying the jokes came "back to back to back" and that there was "honestly never a dull moment" in the script.

The core cast chemistry between the fake Miller family is called the movie's biggest strength

Both hosts praised how well Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, and Will Poulter worked together as the fake family at the center of the drug run plot. They also singled out Nick Offerman and Kathryn Hahn as the neighboring RV family, calling their scenes together funny and appreciating what they guessed was a good deal of improvisation from Hahn's character, especially watching the outtakes during the credits.

Kenny, played by Will Poulter, is named the heart of the entire movie

Will Poulter's character Kenny got some of the strongest praise in the reaction. "Without him, it wouldn't work," went the verdict, met with agreement: "Nothing would work. Nothing would have worked without Kenny." They described him as the sweet, innocent one the rest of the group ends up protecting, and were vocal fans of his eyebrows in this role, later looking up whether his brows had changed in more recent projects.

The border cop scene and the kissing lesson are flagged as the most cringe-funny moments

The scene where Kenny is nearly forced to perform oral sex on a corrupt Mexican police officer to avoid a bribe got one of the biggest reactions, described as "so bad, but... good but bad," with the hosts feeling for Kenny after he still only received about 80 dollars for going through with it. They had a similarly mixed but affectionate response to the family teaching Kenny how to kiss, calling it weird and awkward but ultimately "coming from a place of love and care."

Jennifer Aniston's stripper dance scene gets singled out for praise

The hosts reacted strongly to Jennifer Aniston's midfilm dance sequence, with one saying, "Jennifer Anderson's body was banging in this movie. She looked great," and both agreeing her confidence carried the moment regardless of the character's practical, unglamorous travel outfit underneath.

By the end, the hosts said they would want more stories with these characters, though they were not sure a sequel could recapture the same magic, since so much of the fun came from these mismatched strangers meeting for the first time.

Do you think We're the Millers could work as a sequel with the same cast, or does the magic only work because the family are strangers the first time around?

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Adapted with AI from CinePals' video of 10 August 2026 and reviewed by Digital Fox Talent before publication. Editorial standards · Corrections

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