The D Train

Name: The D Train
Genre: Comedy
Released: May 8, 2015
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 55

2015

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IFC Films | Release Date: May 8, 2015 | R

Summary: All his life, Dan Landsman (Jack Black) has never been the cool guy. That’s about to change – if he can convince Oliver Lawless (James Marsden), the most popular guy from his high school who’s now the face of a national Banana Boat ad campaign, to show up with him to their class reunion. A man on a mission, Dan travels from Pittsburgh to LAAll his life, Dan Landsman (Jack Black) has never been the cool guy. That’s about to change – if he can convince Oliver Lawless (James Marsden), the most popular guy from his high school who’s now the face of a national Banana Boat ad campaign, to show up with him to their class reunion. A man on a mission, Dan travels from Pittsburgh to LA and spins a web of lies to recruit Lawless. But he gets more than he bargains for as the unpredictable Lawless proceeds to take over his home, career, and entire life.… Expand

Director: Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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R. Kurt Osenlund

May 6, 2015

The film uses its male-on-male boundary-leaping to give the shopworn man-boy narrative a refresh. Read full review

Steve Persall

May 7, 2015

Black's performance is the key to making The D-Train more than just another sophomoric bromance. The wild-eyed mania is still evident, but channeled through a filter of pity. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

May 7, 2015

If there’s a weakness to The D Train, it’s only in the filmmakers’ ultimate choice to stop the pain right before the finish, as if any good might really come to the characters they’ve created. Perhaps the assumption was that, by then, audiences will have suffered enough. But some misery you really can’t get enough of, especially when it’s happening to other people. Read full review

Justin Chang

Jan 28, 2015

Funny and sad isn’t the easiest combination to pull off, and while both descriptors fit The D Train well enough, this dark comedy might just as well be described as edgy and soft, audacious and coy, a largely enjoyable letdown. Read full review

Rex Reed

May 6, 2015

The D Train is so confusing it’s hard to track what anyone had in mind. Read full review

The Playlist Zach Hollwedel

May 16, 2015

The D Train goes off the rails (weak, unfinished, poorly constructed rails), and wrecks somewhere between mediocre and unfortunately disappointing. Read full review

Katherine Pushkar

May 13, 2015

In this dramatically disappointing comedy, Dan (Jack Black) is a loser. And not a lovable one, either. Read full review

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alexa417

Sep 30, 2015

Jack Black gives one of his most nuanced and affecting performances in this oddball indie comedy.

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ydnar4

Aug 19, 2015

The D Train was an independent movie that I felt was really for me when I looked into it and after watching the movie I can say that I enjoyed it but the movie was far from flawless.

Jack Black shows off a little bit more range in this movie which was what I was hoping. Black has beenThe D Train was an independent movie that I felt was really for me when I looked into it and after watching the movie I can say that I enjoyed it but the movie was far from flawless.

Jack Black shows off a little bit more range in this movie which was what I was hoping. Black has been kind of quiet over the past few years and it seemed like he sort of dropped off the map for no real reason. This film is really a comedy movie but it doesn't have the stupid gross out humour that Black's movies are mostly known for. Jack Black does a really good job playing the awkward middle aged man character that really kind of reminds me of Paul Rudd's character from I Love You, Man.

James Marsden did a really good job of playing the cool guy. I really love the scenes with Marsden and Black together but it seems like the relationship between their characters never really gains much depth and neither do their characters. The relationship between the character really peaks at the first hour and seems to go down hill from there and when the film comes to an end you really don't know where they stand.

I felt that the D Train tried to break some new ground but it just didn't quite work. There is one scene in this movie that you think is just there to get a few laughs and it is very funny but that one scene becomes such a big part of the movie that by the ending the movie seems really underwhelming. I think I would've really enjoyed watching Black and Marsden become friends because they really did work together well.

I think that there will still be lots of people who will get a kick out of The D Train. This movie does not spit out the jokes constantly but there are some really funny and clever jokes scattered through this movie. This movie had so much potential and it just doesn't quite reach it.… Expand

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BrianMcCritic

Sep 2, 2015

While I can't fully embrace this film, I can't dismiss it either. I appreciated the film makers vision, I didn't always believe the characters motivations. B-

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TVJerry

May 12, 2015

Jack Black tries to give his usual obnoxious type some sweetness, but fails miserably. He plays a loser who decides to boost attendance at his 20th high school reunion by getting the school's coolest guy (James Marsden) to come back from LA, where he's a "successful" actor. What hadJack Black tries to give his usual obnoxious type some sweetness, but fails miserably. He plays a loser who decides to boost attendance at his 20th high school reunion by getting the school's coolest guy (James Marsden) to come back from LA, where he's a "successful" actor. What had potential for humor gets darker and darker until it's just uncomfortable and mean. Black never creates a likable person, which makes his plight even more desperate. Marsden doesn't mine any of the satirical potential in his character's arrogance. No humor. No sympathy. Just a "Train" wreck.… Expand

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smartrnu

Apr 15, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. If you truly must watch a film to feel uncomfortable this is the movie to see. Blacks character gets f#@led up the a$$ in this heart warming film, and his entire high school 40th reunion finds out, his wife finds out, his children find out. EWW… Expand

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