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A Disappointing Continuation

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Within minutes of watching this movie, before the credits finished rolling, I could tell it had been written and directed by the same person.The writer had come up with what they obviously thought was a great idea, and no director was going to tell them they were wrong.I'm not sure how they convinced such big names as Liam Neesom and Sandra Bullock to star - maybe it looked better on paper?To begin with, (spoiler alert) having the main character sitting on the floor of the airport toilet interacting with imaginary people isn't a phobia or post traumatic stress syndrome - it's insanity.How is he able to magically distinguish between the phantom and real situations of his world? How can he function at all in the real world?Having the psychiatrist sitting next to him on the plane is a coincidence of biblical proportions. What's worse, is that the psychiatrist asks him if he is OK. Wouldn't it be more realistic for the psych to keep his head down - unless he is so unsuccessful he is flying around, trolling for new patients. Think Fawlty Towers and the psychiatrist episode with a Basil Fawlty bouncing up and down outside the psychiatrists room - their response - we are on holidays.Once the titles confirmed this was written and directed by the same person, and based on how bad the beginning was, I turned it off.Pinot recommended at all.

These are the day to day events of peoples lives, the characters are out there, you've met them, you just don't know it and they just don't show it. 'Charlie' Liam Neeson doesn't convince 'Fulvio's' Oliver Platt step-father to invest in the soy bean market, he just convinces him to put the money in up in order to double it, in which he takes out a little insurance with a crooked DEA agent to guarantee it and the bowel movements 'Charlie can't control' are no such thing. They have a tendency to turn up when he feels he's in danger or relief, of just scraping through another 'would be c*ck up', almost not going to plan. Think about it, your life isn't that eventful, but, take several and intertwine them and the events throughout the day, night and week would be non stop, even if you weren't on hand to witness each persons activities, that doesn't mean they don't happen, that's the point of the group therapy session, to paint a picture of their background menaces in which they all seem to find in the work place, 'Charlie' included. 'Charlie' thinks he's cracking up, beginning to doubt himself and thinks he's losing his edge, what he doesn't realise is, all he needs is a pat on the back and a push in the right direction, that's where 'Judy Tipp' (Sandra Bullock) comes in, she puts his life to one side (which is something he can't do) and focuses on the man and tells him you are still the man you always were. You got to understand,people aren't people, I mean they aren't themselves generally, some friends may think they know you and likewise, but, what they only know are your characteristics and your preferences, but, not the real you, therefore, there's YOU and then person the world sees. This is what 'Charlie' is trying to desperately to keep together and his bowel movements are the tightrope between the two, never letting him forget it. The only way any person will see the real you and the only way your going to show them and let go completely and allow them to do this is if you trust, (in his case) love and have 100% faith in them. That's what it's about faith. You need to have faith in your actions, decisions, the people you choose to be around you and yourself or nothing will ever work out. Fidel had faith in Estuvio, Estuvio had faith in Fidel, a lot of people had faith in Charlie (His boss, Fulvio,Fidel), Charlie had faith in Judy, Judy had faith in herself, Fulvio had faith in himself to get out of the lifestyle (that's why he grew his tomatoes), Helvenshaw had faith in the system (his intentions were crooked, but he still had faith), Fidel and Estuvio's dream was to be together, Charlie's was the ocean view, Judy's was to remain happy, Fulvio's was to be someone HE liked, Bennett's was to be wealthy and the therapy groups was to change the monotonous, predictable, soundtrack to their lives You see in order to have faith you need a dream or a plan to sustain it, not everyone, but most. Every critic is screaming from the rooftops, about how there's no plot, but that's just it, there is no plot to life, yet how it's fused is brilliant,everybody wants something, money, happiness, peace and quiet, but in order to get it, you got to have faith, that's the point, you want a plot go watch a bond movie.

Where'd this film come from and how come it took me til now to see it??? It's a comic masterpiece, hard laughs from start to finish, a wry satire of the tough guy genre. Great cast, especially Liam Neeson who shows a remarkable comic flair. Kudos for that, no doubt, belong to the director (who also wrote it), who assembled a remarkably colorful group of actors and fashioned one of the funniest ensemble performances I've ever seen on the screen, a comedy that unfolds with a paradoxically poetic visual style that keeps you howling even when the actors aren't speaking. Does for James Bond what Strangelove did for the Doomsday Thriller. My advice, if you're the sort who appreciates intelligent satire and understands that pop culture garbage like "How I Met Your Mother" isn't at all funny; get a copy asap, make some popcorn, take the phone off the hook and put aside enough time to watch it twice (you will). One last question; where's the darn sequel???

Enjoyed this film greatly, Liam Neeson,(Charlie), showed his great acting abilities in both comedy and drama through out this film. Charlie needed help in many ways and went to a head shrink and his group therapy friends managed to help him with Columbian drug lords and the mob, when things started to fall a part for Charlie. Charlie ran into Judy Tipp,(Sandra Bullock), who went along with his crazy ideas and got his mind off his problems by going to bed with her and making love quite often. There are scenes where Judy Tipp manages to get a tug boat in order to rescue Charlie and all his weird friends aboard. There are great helicopter pictures of Manhattan and the great skyline and our former Twin Towers. Sandra Bullock directed this picture and made this a very entertaining film. Enjoy!