giarmomatthew
Joined Oct 2012
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I realize there are some good actors cast in the film and more than being good, they are likable as people. Steve Carrell. Allison Janney. Sam Rockwell. But the characters written for them were not worth watching on screen. The dialogue was also frivolous and irritating. So irritating, I had no switch this off after 38 minutes. If you can't hook 38 minutes into a 96 minute film, you've got problems. The film also failed to generate nostalgia for the period it references. I was about that kid's age during this period in history, and yet I just didn't get that throwback retro feel. And I get that the dialogue was intentionally vapid because the characters are supposed to be vapid, but the film lacks the credible foil to make the vapidity amusing and meaningful.
This film exposes the flaw in the Rotten Tomatoes tomato-meter. Many critics don't want to give arty films with likable actors a thumbs down but a thumbs up (as mild as that thumbs up might be) is also misleading.
This film exposes the flaw in the Rotten Tomatoes tomato-meter. Many critics don't want to give arty films with likable actors a thumbs down but a thumbs up (as mild as that thumbs up might be) is also misleading.
