Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
With Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon how bad could this be? Um, pretty bad, with very few genuinely funny bits. Didn't the stars read the lame script beforehand? Oops... they're both listed as producers so they only have themselves to blame. And you'll have only yourself to blame if you give this thing more than 20 minutes. (Trust me, I have only myself to blame for sticking it out in the mistaken belief that "maybe it will get better.")
Sure, you'll be entertained. And you'll enjoy Ralph Fiennes' man-with-the-weight-of-the-world-on-his-shoulders performance. But if you're feeling a little manipulated by the end of it, well, that's because you have been.
And what's with Isabella Rossellini's Oscar nomination? She's on screen for maybe 2 minutes? Ridiculous. While Maisy Stella's remarkable performance in My Old Ass never entered the awards discussion? Appalling.
Reasonably engaging, but would have been better as a play, especially since the acting is quite theatrical.