I’m pretty sure everyone associated with making Couples Retreat signed on to it mainly so they could go to Bora Bora and soak up some sun, because the actual movie feels like an afterthought, a flat and frequently unfunny high-concept comedy that literally overstays its welcome.
Concocted by stars Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, it sends [...]
1 comment Thursday 11 Feb 2010 | blogadmin | comedy, movie reviews
Even before I took my three younger nephews (ages 4, 6, and 7) to see this somewhat frantic, effects-filled kid flick about super spy guinea pigs, they were quoting one-liners from its trailers. Especially funny to them was the sight and sound of one of the rodents farting inside a tricked-out, super-fast hamster ball.
1 comment Thursday 17 Dec 2009 | blogadmin | action/adventure, kid's & family, movie reviews
I goofed. I thought I was signing up to review A Christmas Tale with Catherine Deneuve, but I accidentally signed up to review Four Christmases instead. I’m not a big fan of slapstick humor or “physical” humor, and hated I Love You, Man. So you can see already that I have little credibility when it [...]
0 comments Thursday 26 Nov 2009 | blogadmin | comedy, movie reviews
Like the grossly unpleasant Forgetting Sarah Marshall, this raunchy but good-hearted bromantic comedy features Jason Segel and Paul Rudd and lots of crude language and frank talk about sex. But I liked Man more, a lot more, and not just because Lou Ferrigno makes an appearance.
3 comments Friday 14 Aug 2009 | blogadmin | comedy, movie reviews
