jamesmcwhirty

The script is abysmal. The acting is absymal. The use of location is abysmal. Nicole Kidman should be absolutely ashamed to have her name attached to this. The enitre premise is ridiculous, the attempt at characters trying to show and express emotions is stiltled. The story and characters reactions to situations are so improbable they border on the absurd. As an expat of HK, they have captured none of the vibrancy of the city, or the peculiarities of expats who live there. It is fiction yes, but there has to be some sembence to how humans behave and speak and emote.

I would encourage anyone in the industry to watch this series as a " How Not To" guide.

The bright colours will appeal to youngsters, and thankfully the mindless feminism will sail over their heads, the feminism sticks with young adults but the nostalgia wont appeal, and for oldies the nostalgia is fun but the poor script and acting is appalling. I think Mattel have highlighted in a 2 hour film why their toy is now completely obsolete no matter how hard they try to rebrand it. If you like comedy watch the trailer, its not just a highlights reel, it is the enitrely of anything amsuing in the whole film. The cast made the best of a bad script, but the writers have missed an opportunity to make a classic comedy for the ages.