Wonderfully offbeat film!
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... View MoreTo me, this movie is perfection.
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... View MoreHave you ever literally cringed? I felt like doing so at many times during this film. Let's call it a movie, as I think 'film' should be reserved for something better.To begin, I WANTED to like it. I really never followed Rose Byrne, but I liked her in X-Men, and I have liked Anna Farris in a couple of things. The first twenty minutes or so however should have been a clear indication that I really wasn't going to, and I should have cut my losses then and there. But no. I watched until the sleep-inducing end.NONE of the characters are very likable although their unlikeablity ranges from mild unlikeability to extreme dislike. Nat (Rose Byrne's character) is a total witch and you get the idea that no matter who she is married to, that won't change. Her husband, played by Rafe Spall is the most likable, again, of unlikeable characters, and is portrayed as dumb, uninteresting and a moron sometimes. Simon Baker's character is just dull, uninteresting, and it felt like the actor was just calling his scenes in. Anna Farris looked pretty bad and her character was such a tremendous pushover you kind of wanted to slap her. Oh, and a special mention to Rafe Spall's character's best friend who should win an award for most annoying supporting character EVER. Note to the makers of this film: YOU CANNOT have a hit if most of your characters have almost no appeal whatsoever.The premise too was just bad-awful and you know it is a movie while watching it because in the real world no real person would act/react the way any of these characters acted in several of the scenes. The comedy itself wasn't HORRIBLE, it just wasn't really THERE. There are literally NO laugh-out-loud moments, although there are a couple of cute 'haha', funny scenes. Mostly though, again, you just feel as if you have to cringe in embarrassment for the fake (in every sense of the word) "people".The ending is so ... trite ... but fits the entirety of the movie well, in that nothing about it is any good.All in all, I wish I had skipped it.
... View MoreWhat an awful film. It was crude and rude and totally unfunny. What on earth possessed Rafe Spall and Simon Baker to do this film. The story was puerile, Minnie Driver's character was obnoxious to her husband for no particular reason. The family scenes with the digital photos and Charades were embarrassing and the strange dialogue that Rafe was mumbling in the underwear shop was plain ridiculous, what is more the scene where he goes in the cubicle with the friend and starts whittering about venereal diseases when he is attracted to her was the most stupid rubbish I have heard. The writer should be ashamed of himself. Anyone signing up to this film must have been desperate for money.
... View MoreThis film was disappointing after seeing the trailer.The trailer featured Stephen Merchant quite a lot, and his lines were quite funny. However, he was hardly in the movie at all, and none of the other characters were funny.The movie seemed stuck between a feel good comedy about marriage or one of those awkward comedies that make you cringe. However, it didn't do either of those very well.The dialogue was a bit of a let down too. The inappropriate jokes weren't that funny and weren't delivered well either. They seemed a bit pointless. Overall the movie came across as a bit disjointed and depressing.
... View MoreI really didn't enjoy this.I couldn't even get through the first 30 minutes without getting so bored I'd rather clean my damn house. (and oh, how I hate cleaning my house) I almost fell asleep even though it was 3 in the afternoon when I was watching.I don't really mind if a movie is not that funny, as long as there's a good story in it. Something fun, or heartwarming would have been nice. Or at least something happening, not just some scenes from the daily grind. But the first 30 minutes didn't give me any reason to believe there was even a story at all, let alone it being a good one.I'm not saying, don't go watch this. I'm just saying if you don't like being bored to death, it would be a waste of your time! ;)
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