The Chaperone (2011 film)

The Chaperone is a 2011 American crime "comedy" film directed by Stephen Herek, and also produced by WWE Studios. It stars Triple H, Yeardley Smith, Ariel Winter, Kevin Corrigan, José Zúñiga, Kevin Rankin, Enrico Colantoni, and Israel Broussard.

The Chaperone
Official film poster
Directed byStephen Herek
Produced by
  • David Calloway
  • Nancy Hirami
  • Todd Lewis
Written byS.J. Roth
Starring
Music byJim Johnston
CinematographyKenneth Zunder
Edited byMichel Aller
Production
company
Distributed bySamuel Goldwyn Films
Release date
  • February 18, 2011 (2011-02-18)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8.2 million[1]
Box office$30,515[2]

Plot

Raymond "Ray" Bradstone (Triple H) is the best wheel man in the business, but he is determined to go straight and be the best parent he can be to his daughter, Sally (Winter), and make amends with his ex-wife, Lynne (Gish). As Ray struggles to find honest work, his old bank-robbing crew, led by Phillip Larue (Corrigan), offers him one last job. He agrees at first, but changes his mind at the last second leaving the crew without a driver. Ray decides instead to serve as a chaperone for Sally's school field trip. When the robbery goes awry, Larue blames Ray and chases the school bus all the way to New Orleans. Ray must deal with Larue, while supervising Sally's class on what becomes one of the craziest school trips ever.

Cast

Reception

The Chaperone met with negative reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 29% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 3.7/10.[3] Metacritic gives a score of 33/100 based on reviews from 11 critics.[4]

Eric Kohn of Indiewire graded the film a C-, saying that it had flat direction and a mediocre script and said "As a vehicle for WWE champ Paul "Triple H" Levesque, it's haplessly stuck on cruise control."[5] Nick Schager of Slant Magazine gave it half-a-star out of four, criticizing the script, direction and characters saying that "this hulk-with-a-heart-of-gold fable embraces banalities with a vigor matched only by its lack of imagination."[6]

Awards
YearAwardCategoryRecipient(s)Result
2012Young Artist AwardsBest Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Young Actress[7]Ariel WinterNominated

References
  1. "Fastlane NextGen: Initial Certification Search" (Type "Chaperone" in the search box). Louisiana Economic Development. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. "The Chaperone". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-07-26.
  3. The Chaperone at Rotten Tomatoes
  4. The Chaperone at Metacritic
  5. Kohn, Eric (2011-02-18). "REVIEW: Triple H on Autopilot In Bland WWE Product "The Chaperone"". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  6. Schager, Nick (2011-02-15). "The Chaperone: Film Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2014-06-07.
  7. "33rd Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
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