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A small, little indie comedy about a father who has to team up with his daughter's ex-boyfriend in order to find out where she is after it appears to be missing. J.K. Simmons plays the smart ass, witty father; Emile Hirsch takes the role of the "down on his luck", well intentioned but simple ex-boyfriend. Both of which are phenomenal actors and they do fine work here, but I feel as though their talents were almost wasted in this movie. Do not get me wrong however, I thought that this was a decent movie and I do recommend it as a light movie that you could pop on in the afternoon or early evening if you wanted to kill some time. However, I felt as though these two actors should be given much more challenging material than something like this which doesn't supply much depth in terms of character. Putting that aside though, I thought they did a good job and probably kept me from declaring this movie as something forgettable.

The film has some laughs and does capture the awkward moments of their circumstance very well without falling into "Meet the Parents" styled humor territory. It does have a secondary character, played by Taran Killam, that after a while I found to be slightly grating but I never found it to ever completely break the movie. The two leads run into some quirky characters and cumbersome scenarios that kept me entertained. I should clarify though that this movie isn't quite like most shenanigans movies where the characters go through their personal arches over the course of a single night a la "Adventures in Babysitting", "License to Drive", "Hollywood Knights", or "Stretch". This plays the shenanigans a tad bit more low-key and realistic rather than completely over-the-top or all that wacky. It still does show the leads run into a pickle or two and have a few colorful characters along the way; and they do have their own character arches that they go through which are done well enough here.

All around, I thought that this was a passably entertaining movie with a good moral or two. Has a good amount of chuckles. Good actors that may have actually elevated the film to be as decent as it is. It's well made, the narrative is relatively predictable but I like that it never makes anyone the villain when it so easily could have in some cases. So if you feel like watching a quirky, innocent comedy that will entertain you for an hour and a half then I think this will do.

A nice movie to watch, at first it was a bit plain but then it got really funny.

The actors are good, I did not get bored at any point. Maybe the first 10 minutes did not have much action but then everything changed.

It s funny but it also makes you feel like you have been there, in a similar situation.

It s more of a laid-back movie, not one with a complex scenario but it wasn't a waste of time. Made me smile and made my day better.

So Emile Hirsch and JK Simmons ... now that is a pairing that sounds fun. And I do understand if some may have expected something different from this. But as it is, this is a low budget comedy, dare I say road movie(?), that has a couple of things for it. And that's not just the actors themselves but the set up.

While it's simple, it's also very effective and it does draw quite a few talented actors in smaller roles to rub shoulders with our lead actors. None of us is without fault, so it's not easy seeing others people misery. But when done in a light and funny way (mostly) like in this movie right here, it is quite enjoyable to take that ride. Don't expect this to have Academy Award performances though. Still decent enough overall

The story: Emily Hirsch is a total f9ck up who fails at everything. His girlfriend breaks up with him and she suddenly disappears afterwards. The father (brilliant role by J. K. Simmons) starts searching for her.

The good: excellent acting performances, which are constantly witty and surprising. Lots of hilarious twists and turns. Simply a good fun movie about a search for a daughter, which turns into a rollercoaster disaster hunt!

Any bad? Cant think of any. Enjoy the ride!

Great actors doing their thing. Great casting and story.

I LOVE both Hirsch and Simmons and watching their chemistry was magic!!

The plot had standard and unique moments but because of cast (including supporting) that set it apart from every other similar film -I give thumbs up on that.

Had some real nice sweet moments. (And couple of raunchy ones I didn't like) and bust my gut hilarious moments too. I loved that Martin rode a BIKE and played banjo. I loved that Gallo got taken out of his comfort zone so effortless and the only way I could tell at times were by subtleties of Simmons acting!

I REALLY hope Hirsch and Simmons do many more films together!!!!

Photography was really nice!

Directing pretty good -thumbs up!

I loved ending!!

(In these kind of comedies Hirsch reminds me so much of Jack (love) Black! That's a good thing...it's like they are twins born years apart!....OOH! Movie with Hirsch AND Black playing brothers! Oh please!!)

I am going to start reviewing movies so I can remember what I have watched - I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. It's not super fresh in my mind as I watched it months ago, but I remembered it months later so that says something.

Entertaining and well acted. Even when scenes are blown up to please the audience, there is always a hint of truth and reality to them. Not a block buster, but a keeper.

Above all else this is a non-offensive comedy that goes out of its way to make almost all of its characters likeable. This is either something that sounds great or terrible to you from the outset.

I can't really say that there is anything new here, there is no real pushing of boundaries and any jokes made about drugs or sex are way too tame to stand out, although they might tickle some of the more conservative viewers.

Overall this is a middle of the road, somewhat arty light comedy drama. While never truly leaning into either genre or delivering any true insight, it also never disappoints and is generally an okay watch.