Michael Ledo Social outcast and bad drinker Eli( Jesse Eisenberg) works as a stock boy but aspires to go to a prestigious arts college. His former teacher Dave (Neal Huff) has managed to arrange an audition for him. On the morning of the audition, Eli attempts to quickly straighten out a home life that has always teetered on disaster. His sister Nicole (Emma Rayne Lyle) talks to people through a foul mouthed sock puppet that needs to be laundered. His waitress mother (Melissa Leo) needs to go to rehab. However things don't go as planned.Rehab won't accept Eli's mother Penny because her urine is currently clean and she doesn't have insurance. They suggest she do drugs to dirty up her urine. Eli aids and abets his mother on her quest. He runs into the likes of drug dealer "Sprinkles" (Tracy Morgan). At this point the comedy kicks into gear. Eli ends up as a translator between Sprinkles and his Spanish speaking connection.The film has some comedy scenes, most notable when Tracy Morgan is involved, but for the most part it is a drama that involves people with some type of problem which can be argued that they center around Penny's addiction. It is not a dark comedy per se, the comedy is not about dark material.Eli's attraction for Chloe (Sarah Ramos) didn't seem to be well developed. Tracy Morgan as a drug dealer and his sidekick Black (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) lacked credibility in those roles as they were comically written while the other characters were more serious. It is a feel good movie, but not one that will make you hold your side with laughter.Parental Guide: F-bombs, no sex, no nudity.

Sonya Troncoso A college student en route to an important piano audition, has to score drugs for his mother so she can be admitted at the drug rehabilitation center with tainted urine. What a premise!!! I didn't know what to expect when I first saw this drama / comedy / action film. But, "Why stop Now" is an entertaining unpredictable fast paced film with a stellar cast from start to finish. Talk about a dysfunctional family including a younger sister who insists on talking through a sock named "Julio." These quirky characters are well written and at times surprising. The story follows Eli bloom in the span of 24 hours and excitement ensues with the countdown for his important piano audition. Eli's ability to speak Spanish, motivates drug dealers to kidnap him to negotiate with their source resulting in several hilarious scenes. Actor Jesse Eisenberg and Melissa Leo, as his troubled but big hearted mom turn in wonderful performances. Tracy Morgan is hilarious as the drug dealer. The cast of characters show multi layers to their personalities, and the audience is taken on a wild but satisfying ride.

Steve Pulaski Phil Dorling and Ron Nyswaner's Why Stop Now is an energetic comedy that could've been called its tagline, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Rehab," just for added effect. It concerns a piano prodigy who gets caught up with his mother's drug dealers while trying to take her to rehab so he can finally live a life free of this albatross.The prodigy is Eli Bloom and is played by Jesse Eisenberg, who couldn't be a better fit here. His mother is played by Melissa Leo, and equally great casting choice as well. The film begins with Eli getting drunk at a party the night before a big audition at a music conservatory before he goes up to sleep all of it off. The next morning he tries to admit his mother to rehab for drugs but she can't be accepted due to the lack of drugs in her system. The rehab employee encourages her to go get high and then come back so that her urine sample can come up dirty.This leads to Eli and his mom seeking out "Sprinkles" (Tracy Morgan) and Black (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.), two helpless drug-dealers that will give them the fix they need. But because Eli's mom owes them money, they must fulfill a favor, all while Eli has a stern deadline and a long road trip ahead of him to the audition.Movies like this, while not usually emphasizing on dialog, tend to make me admire the ways directors and writers conduct eventful plots and briskly-paced scenes of raucousness. Dorling and Nyswaner deliver in this respect because they know that it's not the situations that are usually funny but it's the characters that are victim to them. They know we've likely seen Eisenberg, Leo, and Morgan in other movies, some of them more serious, so to throw them all together in a cacophony of chaos such as drug deals, misunderstanding, and so on makes this a very lighthearted, fun film to watch.Why Stop Now erects a film on the building blocks of comedy. Think about it; many comedies form as a result of characters doing something they do not want to do. If Eli had it his way, his mother would be in rehab, his little sister would be in a safer haven than she is now, and he'd be on his way his audition. Of course, there would be no excitement and, worse, we could get a depressing, inept road movie rather than the spirited screwball comedy we have here. Movies like this embrace something that will never cease to at least captivate me and that's the cheery sense of excitement and exhilaration in high-octane sequences of madness.Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Melissa Leo, Tracy Morgan, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Directed by: Paul Dorling and Ron Nyswaner.

thismenu SPOILER: IT SUCKED.I wanted to stop watching this movie when the mother was driving and not paying attention to the road for what I guess was supposed to be comedy... but I really wanted to write a review so I kept on watching. Please do not let my sacrifice be in vein and - do NOT see this movie.The writers must have thought "What would a stupid person do in this situation? OK.. How can we make it worse?"The main character keeps telling his mother to "Shut up! - Just shut up!" throughout the entire movie. It made me hate him right from the start. The best actor in the movie was a sock puppet who's story must have been half edited out. Ever seen Jesse Eisenberg act? Neither have I. When he is in any movie, he plays "Jesse Eisenberg repeats lines from the script." He's exactly the same in every movie. He's like the Kevin Costner of neuritic Jews, only not as good an actor.If you do decide to see this movie, you may want to keep sharp objects like pencils out of reach because you may want to puncture your ear drums and stab your eyes out.I would rather get tied down and get Ludovicoed into watching the Fox News Channel for 10 hours than to have to watch this turd again.