IMDb RATING
5.4/10
1.4K
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A right wing talk show host's life takes a sudden turn when his 16 year old niece comes crashing into his life.A right wing talk show host's life takes a sudden turn when his 16 year old niece comes crashing into his life.A right wing talk show host's life takes a sudden turn when his 16 year old niece comes crashing into his life.
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
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Much better movie than the ratings suggest. I enjoyed it.
Enjoyable movie! I watched this with low expectations after seeing the ratings but I wasn't pleasantly surprised. It is a feel good movie.
Different and well done
The story line is an ancient one, but its a good one. The acting didn't feel like acting, it became an internal of the external. Ends well, and in between throws enough salt around to get in just about every crevice.
Ambitious, failed, still a lot of fun
Now I both love Steve Coogan and I tend to be easily-drawn to sentimental schmaltzy stuff I wasn't too agreived of the lack of any real political satire in this incredulous farce. I was charmed by the lovely characters wearing away at the hard heart of our comedian's comedian doing a questionable somewhere-in-the-USA accent. In fact the gutteral rasping was so indeterminate that it was both a bad American accent, but also a bad English one! There's nothing original in the political narrative of the Trump-era culture wars, but some great character driven comedy, a manic pace going nowhere, which gets all jumbled up with random action sequences, extended human interest and skin curdling cringe-inducing romantic bits... which both terrified me but also had me blubbering by the titles. So, in summary it was because of, not despite of its weird flawed hubris that really liked it.
Better Than Current IMDB Rating Suggests
I gave this film a 7 & that's fair.
This film is a good old-fashioned, feet up, Sunday afternoon popcorn munching watch.
It's sweet.
Everyone involved does their job.
This film deserves better than its current middle of the road rating. I can only imagine it has gathered some negative ratings due to some perceiving this film as having elements that attack the American right? I dunno?
Overall, I think this is a story about human connections & how those genuine connections can have an affect.
If anything, I believe this film highlights the folly of disconnect masquerading as genuine human interaction; regardless of political stance.
This film is a good old-fashioned, feet up, Sunday afternoon popcorn munching watch.
It's sweet.
Everyone involved does their job.
This film deserves better than its current middle of the road rating. I can only imagine it has gathered some negative ratings due to some perceiving this film as having elements that attack the American right? I dunno?
Overall, I think this is a story about human connections & how those genuine connections can have an affect.
If anything, I believe this film highlights the folly of disconnect masquerading as genuine human interaction; regardless of political stance.
Telling some home truths
That the Coogan character's searing indictment of aspects of modern American life might not go down so well with some viewers and reviewers, regardless of their political persuasion, kinda proves his point.
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Written by Joe Lervold and Andre Pessis
Sung by Dante Marchi
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Details
- Runtime
- 1h 39m(99 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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