Steve9920

This is a film that doesn't quite know what it wants to say, but says it very well. Split into 3 back to front parts, I found the opening part III to be the most effective and not at least what I was expecting, so no spoilers here.

Part II, whilst more mainstream, had the most iconic scene and provides a satisfying bridge to Part I, which turned out to be the most Stephen Kingish of the 3. Kudos to the casting of the younger Chucks, they all came up to the Tom Hiddleston standard of acting.

I cannot say that I connected all the dots on this one, but never the less, its one that keeps you watching through until the end credits fade to black.

Gave a random episode a try, from season 2 titled 'mummy's coming' or similar? An opening running joke about toast for first 5 minutes. A couple of youngsters planning a burglary dressed in a lion and a tiger costume ( yes, guess the punchline ?). Senile grandad being hit in the groin then later on spitting on the carpet. Two old ladies in the pub discussing female orgasms for 10 minutes, with sound effects. A reference to an old man in hospital getting a boner on.

Not sure how it all wrapped up in the end, as I gave up after 17 minutes before it got any crasser or unfunnier (and I'm sure they tried).

Chris Pine directs, produces, writes and stars in The Poolman. And really that is all you need to know. It's a terrible first attempt at writing and directing. Production wise it's makes a fair stab at looking and sounding decent, and of course acting wise, well, with a directors guidance it could have been improved, but hold on? Oh never mind.

Hopefully you did not pay too much other than your time and gradually depleting attention to see this obvious vanity piece of a film.

I can take off the wall scripts full of unconnected ramblings adding up to a big nothing, so long as there are characters to care about placed in situations that need to be resolved in some way. But all that needs to be resolved here is what their favourite snack, food, drink, restaurant is going to be. Having read some reviews here, I went into it resolving to at least see it through to the end, I failed after 45 minutes, a better reviewer would explain why, but 45 minutes of trying to make sense of nonsense has left me depleted.