Since he seemingly switched tracks to try his hand at stoner/action comedies, David Gordon Green has enjoyed one moderate hit (Pineapple Express) and one big box office disappointment (Your Highnes****s). Given that he has his eye on something altogether more toned-down in the future, **The Sitter **might be his last chance to crack the wacky formula again for a while. And there’s a new red band trailer for the film below.
The Sitter finds Jonah Hill as Noah Jaybird, a stalwart slacker who is pressured by his mother to find work. He agrees to help look after some kids mostly because A) he figures it’s easy money and B) he finds their mother attractive.
But his charges turn out to be much more than he can really handle, and when his girlfriend (Ari Graynor) cajoles him into going to a party, he drags the sprogs out with him. Not a good idea when he first has to make a stop to pick up some illegal substances… And things go downhill from there.
This being a red band effort, it’s naturally loaded with swearing, violence, drugs and general madness. The jury’s still out on where it’ll fall in the Green canon, but it does boast the services of Sam Rockwell, Curb Your Enthusiasm's JB Smoove and Where The Wild Things Are’s Max Records, among others.
It’ll hit our cinemas on January 20.