kimsher
Joined Jul 2015
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I love slow movies. I love character studies. I love slice-of-life films. I enjoy so many actors who were in this movie. And yet, it was horrible. This is the lowest rating I've ever felt compelled to give a film. I can't even wrap my head around how anyone involved thought that this had any message or any redeeming value. I'm totally confounded. I mean it wasn't even overtly bad. I think I'd need a degree in film study to be able to accurately described how they managed to completely miss the mark so profoundly. It was just nothing. Boy am I glad I caught it on HBO & didn't pay actual money in the theater to see it (if it was shown in theaters).
It has potential because I am neither completely turned off nor excited for the next episode to come out. As someone who was in this situation back in 2008 (in addition to having a shared business decimated by the recession as well), I'm both annoyed I didn't write this series & concerned that I'll nitpick any holes I see in the story. For example (too general to be a spoiler) ... when Lena gets the text, there was no lead-up to show that there was any possibility of it being from a potential male suitor. And when the splitting couple says they hadn't had sex in 2 years, I find it hard to believe that there was no cheating (or agreed open marriage). I don't think my ex cheated either, but it was 3-4 months not 2 years. Maybe I'm not "in the know" about the realities out there with other couples, but this seems unbelievable to me. And even with fiction, I think you have to have a believability factor unless you're going for parody, farce, etc.
I enjoy & respect Mindy Kaling, but this is a dud. And that goes beyond just disappointment as a result of high expectations after enjoying The Mindy Project and anticipating her next show. This is just bad. The acting is bad. The writing is bad. Everything is bad. It feels like a show the network *had* to put on because of some promised negotiation. But with someone (Mindy) with actual writing & acting talent, even if that was the case, I'm not sure how this is what resulted. Ack! Cancel it & do something better.