The Chaperone

Though I'm no wrestling fan, I am very familiar with the media presence of "Triple H" (Paul Levesque). Who says (former) wrestlers can't make the big screen? The Rock, Mr. T (before he switched to pro boxing), The Hulkster, Andre the Giant, etc.

Levesque is actually well-fitted in this role, and very convincing; for his first actual big screen debut. He certainly can act; no doubt about that. The on-screen chemistry he shares with costar, veteran actress Annabeth Gish, is the most surprising. They play brilliantly off each other. Gish is even more gorgeous today, especially in this film, than during her 80's 'Mystic Pizza' days where she portrayed mostly straight-laced, virginal school girl roles. And with more than 30 films to her credit, including a few television appearances, she certainly has earned icon status.

This film does NOT disappoint. I originally streamed it off Netflix, curious - seeing that "Triple H" was in the title. Again, very impressive. A must-see indeed.

An ex-con is trying to go straight and be a good dad to his daughter. He agrees to chaperone his daughter's class field trip. However two criminal associates of his chase after him and hijinks ensue. This is a lukewarm attempt by pro wrestler Paul Levesque (aka Triple H) to follow the Rock into making family movies like The Tooth Fairy. It's not bad for what it is but I was kind of surprised to find it wasn't made for television. Levesque is perfectly fine in his role. He does nothing to impress or offend. It's nothing special but kids and people wanting to watch innocuous 'action' movies might like it. Also I guess big wrestling fans might like it.

Well this movie was somewhat of a surprise. Who knew that WWE could come up with something straight out of the Disney family movie production drawer?

The story is pretty simple and straight forward. Ray Bradstone (played by Paul Levesque) comes out from prison after 7 years of incarceration, and wants to reacquaint himself with his estranged daughter Sally (played by Ariel Winter). But friends from his old criminal past manage to convince Ray to do one more job. Then things get mixed up and turn complicated.

The cast in the movie did a good job with their roles, and I must admit that despite his wrestling career, then Paul Levesque actually did a good job with that role. And of course this movie, being a family movie, have lots of stereotypical characters in it.

"The Chaperone" is good entertainment for kids and adults alike.

Paul Levesque is an excellent actor.The character he plays in this movie shows depth and realism.I am a fan of his and to be honest I expected rigidity and an inability to cycle through a spectrum of emotion requisite of such a genre,but he pulled it off .

Ariel winters was also surprisingly good,I was expecting some stereotypical goodie two shoes Disney actor but she is far from that and very confident in her role.

Overall 6/10.I would also recommend people WATCH the movie before passing judgement.I admit I too was prejudging it but after watching it,I have to say this is one of the best movie WWE studios have made so far.

I watched this movie only because of Triple h.

Now after watching it, i can tell you that triple h is big asset for this movie. Agreed the plot is really week but Triple h keeps the combo solemn and silly plot points rolling nicely along, and displays a surprisingly tender side that meshes smoothly with his more ferocious tendencies.This is the kinda movie you can enjoy watching with your kids and that is all it is.

Triple h does a good performance and never once throughout the movie you would think he couldn't deliver. There is a decent mix of everything in this movie...few funny scenes like the bank robbery , good sentiment and some action ! Not a bad entertainer at all.

My Rating - 6 out of 10!

If you think this movie is bad ... plz don't ever watch Stan Helsing !!