There are few films anymore, that will make you laugh aloud, and still want you to watch it again at a later time...this is not one such film. Although it will make you laugh aloud, from time to time, it won't make you want to ever watch it again. A few funny lines, really can't save a bad movie. The writing by the way, isn't even all that good, and Jennifer Aniston and Mark Ruffalo have absolutely zero chemistry together, starting the film off as an engaged couple.
I found Jennifer Aniston to have been very badly miscast, and though she did present a few moments of comical and well timed lines, she really was drab in the film, and added nothing. Mark Ruffalo was perfect in his character, and I have to say that every film I see him in, I like him more and more. I think he's an awesome actor, that really doesn't not get nearly enough coverage in the media. But, maybe that's the way he likes it.
Kevin Costner was funny, and I think the best character in the whole film, aside from Mark Ruffalo's, was that of Shirley MaClaine's. She delivered her lines almost as well and right on as her facial expressions. She is a professional, that no one can mess with, and I have to say that I enjoyed the scenes with her the most. I think she should have been more of the movie (maybe more than Jennifer Aniston).
The film itself is a bit boring. And, come on...very unrealistic. The plot, is that Aniston's character figures out her family is the basis for the book, and later the movie, "The Graduate". That her grandmother (MaClaine) is Mrs. Robinson. And, that her mother, had an affair with Costner's character (Dustin Hoffman's character in 'The Graduate'), before Aniston's character was born. It's a bit confusing in writing, in the movie it makes more sense, though again it's not at all realistic, and sometimes you need a bit of realism to help you go along with a story as ridiculous as this one was.
There were some funny moments, and some great lines, but again, that can't be enough to carry a movie, of this sort. It had to have been funny the whole way through, which it just wasn't But, if you're in the mood for something silly, stupid and really pointless...then hear ya go. Also, be prepared that some of it might gross you out. Yeah. Kevin Costner and Jennifer Aniston, are just a few years apart in age. I'll let your imagination take hold.
I found Jennifer Aniston to have been very badly miscast, and though she did present a few moments of comical and well timed lines, she really was drab in the film, and added nothing. Mark Ruffalo was perfect in his character, and I have to say that every film I see him in, I like him more and more. I think he's an awesome actor, that really doesn't not get nearly enough coverage in the media. But, maybe that's the way he likes it.
Kevin Costner was funny, and I think the best character in the whole film, aside from Mark Ruffalo's, was that of Shirley MaClaine's. She delivered her lines almost as well and right on as her facial expressions. She is a professional, that no one can mess with, and I have to say that I enjoyed the scenes with her the most. I think she should have been more of the movie (maybe more than Jennifer Aniston).
The film itself is a bit boring. And, come on...very unrealistic. The plot, is that Aniston's character figures out her family is the basis for the book, and later the movie, "The Graduate". That her grandmother (MaClaine) is Mrs. Robinson. And, that her mother, had an affair with Costner's character (Dustin Hoffman's character in 'The Graduate'), before Aniston's character was born. It's a bit confusing in writing, in the movie it makes more sense, though again it's not at all realistic, and sometimes you need a bit of realism to help you go along with a story as ridiculous as this one was.
There were some funny moments, and some great lines, but again, that can't be enough to carry a movie, of this sort. It had to have been funny the whole way through, which it just wasn't But, if you're in the mood for something silly, stupid and really pointless...then hear ya go. Also, be prepared that some of it might gross you out. Yeah. Kevin Costner and Jennifer Aniston, are just a few years apart in age. I'll let your imagination take hold.