Hit and Run

A former getaway driver for bank robbers, now in the Witness Protection Program (Dax Shepard), risks blowing his cover to drive his girlfriend (Kristen Bell) to a job interview in Los Angeles; he also risks falling into the clutches of the friend he ratted out (Bradley Cooper), while his inept parole officer (Tom Arnold) and her ex-boyfriend (Michael Rosenbaum) follow in hot pursuit. For Shepard, this is almost a one-man show—he also wrote, co-directed with David Palmer and co-edited with Keith Croket. The result is a wacky trailer-trash farce with careening and crashing cars instead of slamming doors—and in its raunchy, lowbrow way, it’s surprisingly funny much of the time. The supporting cast is also strong, with well-turned cameos from David Koechner, Beau Bridges, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes.