Purely Joyful Movie!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

One of the funniest moments are the scenes from the fictional Grinder TV series, which are so knowing and very much sends up legal dramas. Rob "Wayne's World" Lowe is perfect in the part, and I only wish there were more scenes from the fictional Grinder!I cannot believe the Grinder only lasted one season. One season. Picture that. Saved by the Bell lasted ages, but The Grinder got only 22 episodes. Maybe it can be rebooted, and hopefully the cast can return if such an enlightened decision is made by the powers-that-be. I guess the ratings for the The Grinder were sadly not enough to save the show, but that's the power of ratings for you.

I have to admit I never liked Rob Lowe. I mean he is too pretty to be a guy that I would root for and he always seemed pretentious. Somehow, now he has made those very qualities work for him. Reminds me of Alec Baldwin from 30 Rock and makes me wonder if they stole the idea from that. I'm only into the first six episodes but I'm finding it hilarious. Also Fred Savage is great. Always liked him since I was a kid. I think together these two make a great team. It has been a while since I found anything like this to be really funny. Mostly the jokes are just a repeat from other past TV shows. So this show also gets points for originality. Funny and original. Since when, right? Lastly, I think Rob Lowe might be winning me over. There was another movie, "Melt With Me" or something like that, I've been avoiding just because he is in it. I'll have to go back and give it a chance now. I strongly recommend this show to anyone who needs a good laugh. The only reason I give it an eight instead of a 9 or 10 is just because the humor is PG, but that's no ones fault. Falls on me more for having a dirty mind.

Dean Sanderson (Rob Lowe) leaves his TV show The Grinder portraying a lawyer to return home to Boise, Idaho and his family's law firm. His father (William Devane) is happy but his brother Stewart Sanderson (Fred Savage) is leery of the non-lawyer playing law expert. Stewart's family, wife Debbie (Mary Elizabeth Ellis), kids Lizzie (Hana Hayes), and Ethan Sanderson (Connor Kalopsis) are more accepting. Co-worker Claire Lacoste (Natalie Morales) is dismissive and Todd (Steve Little) is a sycophant.This is better than the regular stuff from the networks. The Lowe Savage pairing is fun and endearing. Lowe gives the perfect delivery. Dean is a great character. It is a real disappointment that the show got canceled after one season.

I was really looking forward to this one. I enjoyed Rob Lowe tremendously in West Wing (too bad the show got away from him) and Fred Savage in Wonder Years. The segments of the fictional "Grinder" TV show were wonderfully over-acted and perfectly lampooned many of the cheesy overly dramatic moments from some of my favourite shows of the past decade or two. In the end, however, the writers just ended up presenting us with the same joke over and over. Add to that the blatant abuse of Fred Savage's family's hospitality to a point that nobody would tolerate and the show just became annoying. Watching people being abused is not comedy. Even the occasional treat of Timothy Olyphant in a comedic role is not enough to keep me watching.