The D Train
All his life, Dan Landsman has never been the cool guy. That's about to change - if he can convince Oliver Lawless, 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.
10 September 1975, Mishawaka, Indiana, USA
29 July 1964, Great Falls, Montana, USA
23 July 1973, Westchester, Illinois, USA
March 30, 2017
Black and Marsden are truly great in these roles. The script is dumb and has them doing idiotic, inexplicable things, but the characters they embody have serious depth and range.
May 12, 2016
The introduction of too many ill-conceived sub-plots fails to enhance or execute the essential tenets of the narrative, only serving to detract and distract from the film's overall philosophy, lacking the sharp, subversive edge required for black comedy.
May 08, 2015
Nothing about "The D Train" feels the least bit authentic, and worse, little about it is funny. That's a deadly recipe for a dark comedy.
March 14, 2016
Woefully bad feint at a dramedy in which everyone agrees the 'hero' is a terrible excuse for a man... and he gets the message that he is awesome anyway.
May 08, 2015
The movie goes for grin-and-cringe-inducing, and instead achieves "excruciating."
May 08, 2015
"The D Train" may be a scant and rather unconvincing comedy, but it deserves credit for taking a risk.
May 08, 2015
The movie flirts with a great darkness about disillusionment and self-loathing even as it races around spinning comedic plates. Too bad the filmmakers lose their nerve by film's end.
May 08, 2015
The last act of The D Train becomes a hilarious, deeply weird, and ultimately touching medley of delusion, humiliation, and friendship.
May 12, 2016
A disappointing dark comedy.
May 23, 2015
Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul, making their directorial debut, manage the difficult task of keeping the audience engaged even though both of the main characters are unlikable.
April 09, 2016
As fresh and well meaning as it is problematic, taking a new comedy staple - the bromance - and flipping it upside down.
