The Chaperone

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Well this movie was somewhat of a surprise. Who knew that WWE could come up with something straight out of the Disney family movie production drawer? The story is pretty simple and straight forward. Ray Bradstone (played by Paul Levesque) comes out from prison after 7 years of incarceration, and wants to reacquaint himself with his estranged daughter Sally (played by Ariel Winter). But friends from his old criminal past manage to convince Ray to do one more job. Then things get mixed up and turn complicated. The cast in the movie did a good job with their roles, and I must admit that despite his wrestling career, then Paul Levesque actually did a good job with that role. And of course this movie, being a family movie, have lots of stereotypical characters in it. "The Chaperone" is good entertainment for kids and adults alike.

This film is about an ex con trying to become a better man / father and escape his past and the scum-bag people from it. Paul Levesque does a great job in this, which really pulls this film together nicely, i enjoyed his character development throughout the film, one of the reasons viewers will enjoy watching Paul play Ray is how loyal and honest he appears. it's easy to see why Sally trusts him. quite smart with a little action and humor. Not sure why every review starts with WWE studios or wrestling, this movie has nothing to do with wrestling in any way. can't wait to seen more films with Paul Levesque. Highly recommended film, pity it didn't get more attention, I'd watch many times 8/10.

The movie is watchable if you are bored. But it is still a stinker. Acting by Triple-H was unexpectedly bad. Sorry but for a person who made a living following a script he can't act if his life depended on it. That was really horrendous acting. The young girl was pretty decent, but a poor script limited her acting. But over all, she did a good job in her role compared to (most of) the other characters. Unfortunately I can't say the same about the rest of the "junior" class .... lets say they need a better acting coach. Then again it could be just the poor quality of the script. Some of the lines were just plain stupid and made absolutely no sense. Anyway, the movie is a stinker, but watchable. Just don't expect any quality acting on the part of the main star.

This film will appeal to several groups of people, especially those who can remember the great family entertainment films of 1930 - 1940, made by MGM, Columbia, RKO, Paramount, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. This type of 'juvenile script' created some great films with 'Boys Town' being the prime example. 'The Chaperone'starring Paul Levesque, as got a very interesting 'Ive been around and don't mess around with me' new actor in it called Paul Levesque. Living in England I have not heard of him before, nor am I a wrestling fan. My views are: To hell with his wrestling background name of Triple H, to hell with the all too familiar body building and the toned in the gym muscle look, this guy Levesque can act. I can see suggestions and shades of Bond, James Bond in him. My other favourite player was the school teacher with the squeaky voice, Yeardley Smith, who stole all her scenes and is another 'Thelma Ritter'- of Pillow Talk fame- if ever I saw one. The young girl who played Paul's daughter, Ariel Winter, was good she's only 13, so hang around 10 years and she maybe heading for the red carpet. The main group of boys on the bus especially Romeo, Israel Broussard, were winners. Admittedly this films another Boys Town that takes part on a bus, it was fun. There was two new stars in this film, Paul Levesque, and Yeardley Smith, the Thelma Ritter teacher, Romeo, Israel Broussard was robbed by not having a bigger, more revealing part to play. Paul's next film should show him playing the part of an down on his luck hobo who buys a newspaper to find work, he goes for a job interview as a gardener and odd-job man but is hired as the butler / bodyguard to a crippled Bond character of MI5 fame. This elderly Bond is recovering from another Smersh attack and Levesque plays the 'My Man Godfrey role' who rescues him. Levesque as Godfrey saves the day and scores are settled with Smersh and they walk off into the sunset. Thank you to the writers and producers and all the other dogs-bodies. The casting was brave, well picked and believable which is quite rare today.

Hi dudes, myself Amit From India. Here just like worldwide, so many people loves John Cena,Randy Orton but hardly anyone think themselves as TRIPLE H OR BRET HART . When TRIPLE H took a break from WWE before 7-8 months i understand that he has to recover himself from injuries as well as he was doing something different. Then i came to know that he was doing the movie. so i was eagerly waiting to see TRIPLE H in the movie and guys its really wonderful to see him again. We have to remember that he is not a natural born actor he is wrestler first and then he is doing acting so we have to keep faith in him. What John Cena done in movie Marine or 12 Rounds except action. But friends in THE Chaperone Paul sometimes makes u emotional, he done few action as well as comedy act too. Overall the movie is good and acting department is also good but i think the weaker part of movie is story. Its so simple and nothing fresh! So as a WWE fan i would like to Suggest that good try but we want more!

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!

(Plot) A con filled with regrets is on the run to hide from his troubled past as a criminal. He decides to shield himself by sneaking into his field trip to be The Chaperone. This wasn't exactly good, but it managed to be a hell of a lot better than I expected. It's fairly genuine in its approach, and Triple H (Paul Levesque) is actually non pretentious and likable, something I can hardly say about him in the WWE. The plot is nothing special and is something we've all seen quite a few times before done in different way. This is the type of family affair that most families will most likely groove to. It has just enough action to do an adequate job for adults, and its innocuous storyline will be just perfect for kids. I can't believe I'm saying this, but it's really not that bad of a film. It's well made for the most part, and the cast is rather solid as well. Triple H proves he can be likable after all. He gets lots of digs taken at him for this, but he wasn't too bad at all. Ariel Winter is as cute as a button and she and Triple H play off one another well as Father & Daughter. Winter got on my nerves a couple times with her snotty attitude, but considering the circumstances, it was understandable. Final Thoughts: It's not something I'm going to watch again. I don't care for Triple H at all, but I give credit where credit is due when it is deserved. It pains me to say this, but it's really not as horrible as you've been lead to believe. 5/10

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.

At first i thought " oh great another wrestler falls into the kiddie film trap"..(thank god the rock is working his way out of this) but as it turns out i actually enjoyed the film...by no stretch of the imagination is it a great achievement in cinema but i have only 2 criteria that make a movie good for me... 1. did it keep my attention? 2. Did it entertain me? This movie did keep my attention and did entertain me...so therefore by my logic a decent film... implausible plot...of course impossible action...duh but i cant stand when people criticize films because the plot just "couldnt happen" in real life...but that is why it's a movie!!! it is made to entertain at least one demographic...in the case of the Chaperone...it entertained more.