jonathanmhoffman

Take a star-studded cast, a plot based on one of the most significant battles of WWII, a book that, by all accounts is terrific, and ruin it with philosophical claptrap, diversions that lengthen the film without adding anything, and making very little use of some of the big name actors. Then bore your audience to death by dragging it on for no good reason, insert gratuitous meaningless junk, like a crocodile we see at the beginning and the end, but we don't know why, and this is what you get.

It's supposed to be clever and smart. It was neither. Instead, it's crass, tasteless, cliched and boring. There is a kernel of a story here that at least has the potential to be interesting: the two smart girls who are graduating from high school and haven't ever had any fun, till they go over the top the night before graduation. But if they're so smart, why are they so stupid? Why don't they have any real wit? If the audience can tell in advance exactly what's coming next, why are the "smart girls" so oblivious? How difficult would it have been to make this movie actually funny or clever? Looks like they didn't try very hard. A cascade of F-bombs and v-words isn't all that hilarious, especially when that's all there is. Oh, yeah, they get wet in the pool, too. Ha ha. If you wait to watch it on TV a week or two from now, you'll only be paying slightly more than it's worth.

I don't know why so many people dislike this movie. We laughed all the way through it. Raunchy but a very fun romcom. I wish Hollywood would make more romcoms again, but stupid high-budget cartoonish Avengers are the thing now. I far prefer this one. Seth Rogan is hilarious, and Charlize is terrific. Made our day