What does that mean? Well, I jump from enjoying it to not enjoying and back again.

The animation is exquisite, the acting is exquisite, the characters are distinct and fun, the story is really clever and the music is awesome...

But the one-liners! Oh my God, the characters cannot go anywhere do anything or barely move the story along without saying something obnoxious. For every funny joke in the film there's like 20 obnoxious ones! I would have loved this in middle school when we were hitting puberty and learning how to be radical, so maybe this movie is for them.

That being said i've watched this movie a lot. There was so much atmosphere and passion in the thing that it was my go to during an emotionally trying time. It just seemed to have that very strong distracting quality you look for in good entertainment.

But it's still a 6 because there is A LOT of stupid, pointless, strangle the bobble head one-liners! It's going to kill it for most people.

HELL AND BACK review by: Mike Smith "Fat Mike"

Three friends embark on a wayward journey into the deepest, darkest depths of hell to rescue one of their own. While navigating their escape, they provoke a slew of misfit demons, a super sexy angel, an infamous Greek legend and the Devil himself.

After seeing this trailer I couldn't wait to see this independent film! The cast is full of talent and some of my favorite comedians and voice actors. Nick Swardson, Mila Kunis, T.J. Miller, Rob Riggle, Susan Sarandon, Danny McBride and Bob Odenkirk voice the main cast. I was more impressed with the costar talent made up of Brian Posehn, Maria Bamford, Kyle Kinane, Kumail Nanjiani, Greg Proops, Paul Scheer, J.B. Smoove, Dana Snyder, Paul F. Tompkins and the legendary H. Jon Benjamin as "The Tree". Unfortunately, as talented as the cast is, I felt little to no connection to the main characters.

That being said, the story is good, ridiculous and funny; the jokes are crude and at times, laugh out loud funny. The best part of this film is the animation, stop motion animation is far and few between these days and I always strongly enjoy seeing the art form.

Hell And Back is a fun ride with good adult laughs and a great cast. The only downfall I had was the lack of connection with the main characters and that this film is forgettable. But I would recommend checking it out. Cheers and remember life won't suck as long as there is a good movie to watch.

6.5 out of 10

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Curt (Rob Riggle) breaks a Satanic blood oath over a breath mint and gets sucked into a vortex that doesn't take him to Barnes and Noble. Remy (Nick Swardson) and Augie (T.J. Miller) follow in an effort to rescue him. They encounter a number of characters and a Devil who runs hell like a corporation.

First off, this is NOT for kids unless bad language and crude sexual references are okay with you. At times the humor was masterful and at other times it was just lame and crude.

To give you an idea of the humor: "Hell- you're here for a reason or else you're Jewish."

"Please clean up after yourself your mother doesn't work here unless she was a wh@r#."

The Devil is dysfunctional similar to the South park devil. The film looks like 3D claymation. Mila Kunis had a hot demon character.

Guide: F-bomb. No sex. Ugly demon nudity. Plenty of crude sex talk. A good film for those that like the crude humor of teen sex comedies but none of the nudity.