Flypaper Reviews

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much and, indeed, the whole thing was terribly underwhelming. To start with, Rob Minkoff who once did direct ‘The Lion King’, one of the most successful and heralded animated features ever made, had ever since a rather mixed track record and this might be his weakest directing effort so far. I mean, it is pretty obvious that Patrick Dempsey is trying very hard to breakthrough on the silver screen but with such pathetic attempts, it won’t happen anytime soon, I’m afraid. Indeed, Dempsey tried to portray a mental patient and even though it wasn’t supposed to be taken seriously, it wasn’t funny either and, frankly, it was one hell of a weak performance. The rest of the cast was slightly better but there were just too many characters and they were all rather poorly developed. Finally, the plot was just a bore involving an overly complicated heist involving several burglar teams. Even though the makers try to make you guess who’s who and who’s doing what, after a while and many idiotic twists, you simply don’t care about what is actually going on and how it will all end up. To conclude, I think my rating might be really generous, it is just a really weak action-comedy and it is not worth a look, even if you like the genre.

For me, this movie was utterly, completely, predictable, despite all the (many) twists and turns it took before it finally ended. My favourite characters in the movie were Peanut Butter and Jelly. Everyone else, well, they were really not well written. Just a middle of the road bank robbery gone wrong comedy that, while it is fast-paced and always taking a new turn, just isn't overly well done. Yes, it was somewhat entertaining, I don't regret sitting through it, but as soon as it ended, I was left feeling more than a little disappointed that, even with the cast it had, the movie didn't wow me.