Playdate

We found this movie streaming on Prime. We settled in and about the 10 to 15 minutes mark I was so annoyed with the silliness that I considered abandoning it. But I didn't and ultimately I found it entertaining enough, mainly because of the two stars, Ritchson and James.

It is hard to summarize without spoilers but Alan Ritchson is Jeff Eamon, new guy in the neighborhood seemingly desperate for a new best friend. He encounters Kevin James as Brian Jennings at a local park, each has a young boy with them and playing catch. But right away we notice something is very off kilter with Jeff's son, "CJ", which we find has a somewhat sinister meaning.

Anyway much of it becomes a buddy movie with the two men and the two young boys running away from dangerous men. Ritchson and James play well off each other. I can't give this a high rating, I'd probably never recommend it to anyone I know, but at least I was entertained and the end credits include a few funny outtakes.

I had a lot of fun with this one. It really feels like a bunch of Reacher fans got drunk and started one-upping each other before deciding to actually make the film. It's fast-paced for the most part, though the pacing is a hit and miss at times. Plot holes are rampant, the humor is low brow, but somehow it works. I've watched it with my wife who usually doesn't like movies like this one and she had a blast.

Saw someone review that this was just absolutely terrible with 1 star - congratulations you were unique today.

This movie is meant to be dumb and I honestly thought it was really funny. I first watched Alan Ritchson in Blue Mountain State and will always remember him as the dude with the micro pen*s in New Girl. Then Reacher came along and I enjoy him in that.

So it was kind of hilarious to see him acting as the best of both those worlds.

This is a movie, not a fact-checking documentary. It's meant to be fun. And it was so stupid that it had me laughing out loud. Yall need to quit being so serious.

DO NOT go into this movie expecting a serious family drama, this is a SPOOF MOVIE in disguise!

This movie is along the lines of Scary Movie, and Naked Gun where random shiz happens with the intention of being so stupid it's funny. If anything, this pokes fun of family road trip movies gone wrong.

At first I thought this was going to be your average family movie, then something strange began to happen, I started laughing. The slapstick hit me like a fricking truck and I wasn't expecting it.

It does stagger towards the end and loses a bit of its magic, but those moments in the first half makes it worth the watch.

Also Joe Mitacek deserves a raise for the editing. Yes, it can get a bit dizzying at some moments (only the first half), but the forced zoom ins, the stupid stock screams, the fricking cars drifting, this guy knows what he's doing. Straight up the editing adds to the comedy.

Off topic: but why does Lucas look like a clone of Zachary Gordon.

Seriously it's a fun movie to watch, especially if you're a big fan of Kevin James and Alan Ritchson. Just don't go in expecting to see an academy award winning masterpiece.

So if you're one of those people who focus on the tiniest details and expect every movie to be perfect then this isn't for you.