Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
Better then i thought!!
Lee - wrote on 08/19/2012
Had heard that this was surprisingly to alot of people very funny. So i decided to have a watch and see for myself last night. Was a lot better then i originally suspected it would be although my expectations for this film were not very high. Jen Aniston film's do not draw me in however i love Paul Rudd and he did his job during this. Is it just me or does Paul Rudd have a hardline direct to my funnybone as i find the actor hilarious? Rudd and Aniston play newly married couple George and Linda who after bascially losing everything minus their shirts in the big apple after George loses his job, they are forced to move to Atlanta, Ga. and move in with George's braggart of a brother (He has made quite a sucess out of his life in the selling of outhouses to construction companies) On their …
Rating of
2.5/4
A Wandering, Inconsistent Comedy
mitchellyoung - wrote on 08/15/2012
I wanted to like this movie and I did like large portions of it. Ultimately, it's a plotless meandering (not unlike the characters it portrays) that focuses more on its individual jokes than creating a cohesive comedy that flows. The unevenness of the film is helped a little by the talented cast, who all go for broke, uttering some of the script's more ridiculous lines with comedic energy that works, for the most part. Justin Theroux is a standout and a lot of the supporting and smaller roles are populated by talented comedians that make the most of the material (frequent Wain collaborators Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter have some pretty funny cameos.) That said, in the hands of a better director the material could have really worked. David Wain, who I think is way better …
