As Good As It Gets

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The Dilemma starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James as Ronny and Nick who we see are best friends and business partners whose company is on the verge of a major success. However, when Ronny sees Nick's wife Geneva (Winona Ryder) in a hot embrace with a tattooed (Channing Tatum), he finds himself dealing with a crisis of conscience. Should he tell his best friend about his discovery or keep it all under wraps to spare his feelings? While wrestling with this, Ronny himself becomes a bit of a liar, keeping from his girlfriend Beth (Jennifer Connelly) all that he's going through and winding up in uncomfortable predicaments because of it.The Dilemma has its moments at times but isn't so much of a comedy than a drama. It has the feel of a soap television series plot that is stretch to almost 2 hours. The chemistry is there but overall the film just doesn't contain many laughs. Had the movie been presented as a broad comedy, this project may have been posed no dilemma at all for those saddled with making it.

Am I the only one who felt a bit duped? They put a couple of (normally quite) funny actors on the cover and the Dilemma's marketing describes it as a 'comedy.' It isn't.Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad film, just not particularly funny. No, scrub that - not funny at all. I sat there waiting for the jokes. They didn't come.Vince Vaughn discovers his best friend's wife is cheating with another man. The 'dilemma' comes as he struggles to decide what to do about it. Yes, with a plot like that, there's a certain amount of scope for comedy. However, they obviously chose not to go with it.Like I say, the film's okay, but I put it on expecting a happygolucky, silly comedy (such as the Wedding Crashers or something) to tickle my funny bone for an hour and a half. I felt a little cheated. I may however watch it another time, but only when I'm in the mood for something a little more heavy.

I didn't hate this movie. It had good moments but honestly I didn't know it was a comedy until I looked the movie up maybe 90% of the way through it. Then it became obvious...FORCED COMEDY. I think I laughed out loud once, when Channing Tatum's character told Vince Vaughn's character "drive safe". THAT was hilarious. Overall this movie was a full meal...full of corn, cheese and sap. I really believe that if they went the route of a true drama it could've been a good movie with some funny moments instead of forced comedy & corny, cheesy, sappy drama. Most of the moments with Channing Tatum's character were utterly ridiculous. I can't count how many times I cringed & said to myself "this is stupid" during the fight scene. But I'm writing this review for a reason. In a small way, I enjoyed it. Heck I watched it all the way through. The final scene was good, though definitely corny, cheesy AND sappy. I liked Jennifer Connelly. Was she the stubborn chick in Bad Boys? Anyway, I liked it...a little bit, and I can't really explain why.

THE DILEMMAThis is a good comedy.I went to the cinema with my girlfriend to watch this a long time ago. We watched it again last night and still thought it was good.The movie is about 2 guys, Vince Vaughn and Kevin James, who are best friends and business partners. They are just trying to land a big contract with the car company, Dodge. Vince catches Kevin's wife fooling around with another man, but he doesn't know if he should tell him or not because he doesn't want to hurt his friend and also let it distract him from the job at hand. Vince then confronts Kevin's wife about it and she bribes him to not say anything. The rest of the movie is about Vince trying to catch her out with funny consequences.The casting is good for this film. I am not a huge Vince Vaughn fan, but I don't mind him. He has made some good films in the past. He does a good job in this film. Kevin James is a funny man, he makes me laugh. I liked him in King of Queens. Vince's girlfriend is played by Jennifer Connelly and Kevin's wife is played by Winona Ryder. My favourite character in the movie is a guy named Zip, played by Channing Tatum. He is so funny in this movie.The story is good, the acting is good and it is directed by Ron Howard who is a legend.I will give this film 7 out of 10.A good comedy with not too much of the romance. JFor more of my reviews, please like my Facebook page.http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ordinary-Person-Movie- Reviews/456572047728204?ref=hl