Hot Rod is a comedy, starring Andy Samberg, about an amateur stuntman Rod Kimble who plans to stage the jump of his life in order to save his step-father.

Hot Rod received generally poor reviews from critics upon it's release. The film scored a 35% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 43 on Metacritic.

The box office gross for the U.S. was $13,938,332 and $396,069 abroad for worldwide box office total of $14,334,401. The films budget was reported to be between $25 to $30 million.

• IGN: Hot Rod Review (6/10)
  • "Backhanded compliment though it may seem, Hot Rod is Andy Samberg's Billy Madison: a movie too amateurishly executed to "actually" be good, but effective enough to hint at the potential charm and talent of its star"
• San Francisco Chronicle: Hot Rod Reviews
  • "The creators have harnessed everything that's good about YouTube, and translated it into a big-screen movie."
• FilmCritic: Hot Rod Reviews (3.5/5)
  • "But the appeal of Hot Rod is simpler than viral internet paradigm shifts: it is a very silly movie with a nature equal parts good and strange."
• Los Angeles Times: Hot Rod Reviews
  • "Much of the humor in "Hot Rod" consists of "Jackass"-caliber gags that often result in bodily injury. At least the gags hang together as a viable plot."
• TV Guide: Hot Rod Reviews (2.5/4)
  • "Filled with a random assortment throwaway gags, dumb pranks gone awry and Final Cut Pro cutups, HOT ROD is a little like a leisurely surf through YouTube"

• Entertainment Weekly: Hot Rod Reviews (C+)
  • "Wait until the best parts pop up on YouTube."
• Houston Chronicle: Hot Rod Reviews (1.5/4)
  • "All of these scenes go on two beats too long, but again, they're supposed to."
• Maxim: Hot Rod Reviews (1.5/5)
  • "The filmmakers were apparently trying to cash in on the surprise success of offbeat movies like Napoleon Dynamite and the dopey Nacho Libre"
• E! Online: Hot Rod Reviews (C)
  • "SNL golden boy Andy Samberg makes the leap from small screen to big, and nearly falls on his face. Actually, he falls a lot in Hot Rod, but this stuntman farce simply isn't worth falling for."
• Reel.com: Hot Rod Review (0/4)
  • "Of course, the problem with this theory is that parody is supposed to be funny—which immediately disqualifies Hot Rod as a possible example of the form."

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