All problems that this movie has aside, as long as a comedy can make me
laugh, I'm fine with it. This movie however features far too little
laughs in it, which is mostly due to the way the story is getting
handled and the story itself of course.
All of the events that happen in this movie are absolutely ridicules
and don't make sense in the real world. It could had worked out, if the
movie was taking a more absurd and over-the-top approach but the
overall tone of the movie makes it seem as if the movie also wanted to
still be taken serious. it really could had been a fun and adventurous
comedy, in which things slowly got from bad to worse but now instead
the movie feels very random.
Things happen and are being taken for granted too easily in this movie.
They besides come out of nowhere, making most of the movie work out as
something annoying, rather than anything surprising or hilarious. And
talking about surprising; everything in this movie progresses in a very
predictable manner. You know how things shall eventually get wrapped up
and how all of the character's story lines and their 'issues' will work
out, by the end.
Thing that this movie also suffers from are its kids. Sorry to say but
most young children just aren't good actors. That goes for the child
actors in this movie as well, though it perhaps is more fair to say
that most of the blame for this should be put on its script. It lets
them do and say some highly unlikely things, which never makes them
feel like 'real' children.
But I also don't really know how to feel about the Jonah Hill
character. It's actually quite confusing, since he absolutely is
supposed to be a sweet and mild guy but he does some absolutely
despicable things in this movie and breaks about 10 different laws in
the process and brings the young kids in trouble all the time. His
character just isn't likable enough, though it was the clear intention
to make a likable character out of him and let him carry the entire
movie. And lets just analyze the story; its main premise is that the
Jonah Hill is supposed to get drugs for his 'girlfriend', so he can
finally have intercourse with her. This doesn't exactly sound like a
story kids should be involved with, not even when it's a comedy and it
also doesn't help to make the Jonah Hill a more sympathetic character.
I don't really blame Jonah Hill. I actually quite liked him in his
role, even though I really couldn't like his character. He obviously is
a great actor, that also can handle comedy well but in this case his
performance is suffering from its poorly written and handled script.
Same goes for Sam Rockwell. I always love this guy and he still plays a
pretty good character in this movie, that however deserved to be a part
of a different and much better movie.
It's still not the worst comedy you can watch but there also still is
far too little to truly enjoy in this one.
5/10
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