Single swinger John Stamos tries to help childhood friends Michael Rappaport and Brian Callan with blocked marriage issues and business deals.
It's one of those romantic comedies which is neither particularly romantic nor funny, alas. The timing of everyone involved, including Sean Young, Tika Sumpter and Heidi Armbruster, is snappy. Were there anything particularly funny in the script by writer-director Mike Young, this would be pretty good. There is, alas, such a low-key, sad-sack attitude in the characters and situations, that nothing works very well.
Plot summary
When it comes to women, playboy Mike has all the right moves. So when Mike's buddies ask for advice on how to reconnect with their wives, Mike figures he'll share some secrets and help the guys regain their marriage mojo. But when Mike's lessons start backfiring with hilarious results, it takes a beautiful, no-nonsense friend to show Mike he still has a thing or two to learn about relationships.
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October 10, 2014 at 08:26 AM
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This Movie Is A Loser
Poorly written, overly done bad jokes
Only got 40 minutes in but had to turn it off. I think it the writing is terrible, the jokes don't hit the mark and are repetitive. I really like the male leads but I think the casting for the rest of the movie is awful.
Worth a watch
Saw this opening night on demand because I was excited to see a high
school friend in it. Small but important part, and she was hilarious
and totally nailed it.
That aside, I appreciated a lot about this movie. The dialogue
generally and the banter between the guys in particular was spot on.
There were some killer moments in the script. I also really appreciated
the coming together message. This wasn't about guys doing stupid things
that rightfully should lead to a break up with their wives; no, it was
clear throughout that there was a genuine interest in saving the
marriages, and that's not entirely common these days. It's an important
message in a culture that often glorifies greener grass, and in reality
that's rarely true... unless you're one of the few people who have
legitimately dead metaphorical grass.
That said, there were some quirks about this film that took it down a
notch or two for me, and it was mostly in either the script or the
editing - hard to know which for sure. While the dialogue was
fantastic, the scenes felt a little jumbled together. Almost every
scene was critical to the story line, but it cut fairly abruptly enough
times that I noticeably felt there should have been a smoother
transition. It could have been more graceful. There were two scenes in
particular that were totally out of place and while they shook me out
of lumping this with every other romcom, I'm not sure they should have
been in there in the end.
Overall, can't rate it a 10, but I will buy this for the underlying
message and for a decent handful of good laughs.