Let Go

Once again, I picked out the 2 star movie for the family to watch. Save yourself and your family from this horrific film. It's labeled a comedy yet there was not a single funny line.

Actors did they best they could with such a terrible script ..

The writing is what killed this film. It's very cheesy and unimaginative. The dialogue is very unnatural. I also didn't love the way many of the scenes were shot, it makes it look cheaper. That said, the acting really tried to elevate this film. A few great people in this- particularly David Denman, Kevin Hart, and Elizabeth Olsen. I think costumes did a really decent job of setting up the characters as well. Overall, I related wanted to like this movie and at times I was able to embrace the cheese-factor, but mostly it just made me sad that talented people and money went into making this script.

"I don't think anyone actually wants to become a parole officer." Walter is a parole officer who isn't happy with his job. One by one a new offender comes to him and he has to lay out the rules. During his recent sting of offenders he meets three very different personalities and does his best to try and help them all. He finds that helping them he starts to help himself. Going in I was not really looking forward to this that much. The preview made it look OK but I still thought it could be a little slow moving. This was the opposite. The humor was really funny but still a little quirky. Kevin Hart was great in this and he really stole the movie. There really isn't too much to this movie other then all four of the main people trying to straighten out their lives but this is worth seeing. This is the type of movie you can just put in and watch without really having to think about too much and every once in a while that is nice to do. Overall, a fun lighthearted comedy that is relaxing to watch. I give it a B.

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend.

It does feel like this is made for a very specific audience, but it is all about how get past your past and make your future (somewhat) better.

The "main" story line seems to be a guy living a boring life is into Gillian Jacobs, which I totally get, but not when you have Maria Thayer at home. Even value, I would take snuggling up comfortably at home over a club any day.

It's the first time I've seen Kevin Hart play a smart character, and it turns arrogant character really fast.

It's also the first time I've seen Simon Helberg play a criminal, and I can't say it was very impressive, though he did do "crazy" well.

There are some great movies that cross multi-threaded stories, but this feels like the Kevin Hart and Old man robbers are just kind of tacked on. There just isn't enough interaction between the the stories.

It's worth a watch, but it's not "Snatch".