An average movie

You can say whatever you want about Ron Howard but the guy is very versatile and after many years, he is making again a comedy, a genre that really launched his career back then with 'Splash'. Unfortunately, the end-result was really disappointing. Indeed, it has been a while since I have seen such a tedious comedy. Ok, I wasn't really in the right mood, I'll give you that, but it was still pretty weak and not funny whatsoever. Furthermore, there was barely any chemistry between any of the 4 actors involved in those 2 couples and the movie really focused solely on Vince Vaughn (who hasn't made a good comedy since 'Wedding Crashers' released 8 years ago) and the rest of the cast, which had some potential, was pretty much wasted (Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, Queen Latifah). Also, it was once again another failed attempt for Winona Ryder to make a come-back. I mean, recently, she keeps popping up in some high-profile projects like this one or 'Black Swan' or 'Star Trek' but she never managed to make it really work for her. Still, there was some interesting stuff in here, some interesting darkness, but the makers never really figured what to do with the whole thing so you end up with one of those underwhelming comedies where one of the characters has some big secret which will be, of course, revealed at the end. To conclude, even though I have seen worse, it is still one of the weakest movies directed by Ron Howard and it is not really worth a look, even if you like the genre.

5/10