Skriptman

Someone needs to tell the director and the actors that anger and confusion don't always have to be expressed LOUDLY. The relentless screaming in this episode was unbearable. Almost all of it coming from Clair's character, making her even more irritating and unlikable.

Another big problem is that the pivot relationship between Clair and her mother is so underwritten as to make Clair's grief come across as a mental health issue rather than a believable emotional response.

The cast seems competent enough, but the writing and direction fall short. The series could have been, should have been, much better.

I think I'm being kind calling this overblown, half-conceived offering the biggest piece of celluloid turd I've seen in a while. It probably started off as a half-decent idea, but instead of hiring a writer, the director decided he'd credit himself as writer and "create" the movie on the fly. And that's exactly what he got. A collage of half-worked scenes - admittedly with one or two laughs along the way, but that's about it - and two hours of laborious "comedy". There's one (long) riff between Will Ferrell and Mark Walhberg - an ultra-lame bit about lions and tunas (yeah, I know. And it's about that funny, too) that goes on so long it's actually painful to watch. I like Will Ferrell. He's good at sketch comedy... short pieces that don't have to have a clear beginning, middle and end. But linking a thousand sketches together to make a film just doesn't cut it.

I will offer kudos to Mark Walhberg. Despite the temptation to play it for laughs,(a temptation irresistible to most of the other actors), Walhberg plays his role straight and honest and provides the only few genuine comedic moments in the film. The cameos by the half dozen or so name actors can't rescue the tired storyline... rather, you get the feeling they're all saying, hey, look at us! We're being really funny, right?

...Sorry. No.