This movie was totally misrepresented in the advertisements. This was hyped as a hilarious battle between John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill. What it in fact is would be an adult love story between Reilly and Marisa Tomei, who is still drop-dead gorgeous. It's really a story of two people who thought their romantic lives were over finding each other and love again. Hill really doesn't fuck with them ALL that much. There's a couple funny parts, but really not much. I really wasn't a huge fan and the fact I was expecting comedy probably hurt the movie for me. Pretty good acting, but I really struggled with the lack of war between Reilly and Hill. Too much bullshit, not enough comedy, or love story if they wanted to take it that way. Really never finds itself in my opinion.
Bottom Line: 5.8 out of 10. I really don't recommend watching it. It's not a comedy or a romantic comedy really. It defies description, but it's not really entertaining, or sustainably funny. See on Cinemax if you feel so inclined, just don't expect much.
SIDE NOTE: Very interesting show called Franchise: A season with the San Francisco Giants on Showtime. Beautiful moments where Jeremy Affeldt and Matt Cain come home to their families after an extended road trip set to "I'm Coming Home" acoustically done by I think Keri Hilson, but I'm not sure. Affeldt has an especially beautiful moment on the way in where his young son is on the phone and Affeldt says he's coming up the driveway, "open the garage door for me" and his genuine happiness seeing his kids is beautiful. Bruce Bochy seems like a manager his players would lay on a grenade for. He hangs out in his office and offers to crack a beer, or, after a win, a nice bottle of wine. He's super accessible and I think he'll have a job there for QUITE some time. I love these shows allowing us further access into the lives of athletes. I especially like to look at the veterans who may not be superstars, but have become so well adjusted and natural in their ways. They juggle the lifestyle of a pro athlete + a family life, it's just really fascinating.
I just saw Cyrus the other day as well. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Apparently Jonah Hill can do more than be a snarky 17 year-old, which is nice. And any movement on John C. Reilly's caveman head makes me laugh every time. God, the trailers were so bogus though. Could have been a lot better, but compared to the dozens of sequels that are being shat out, I'll take Cyrus any day of the week.
ReplyDeleteNext on my list, Cowboys and Aliens...it's going to be awesome and epic.