Waking Up in Reno Reviews

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since there was a nice cast, I still wanted to check it out. Well, it wasn’t very good and actually pretty tedious to watch, I’m afraid. The biggest obstacle for this flick is that it was trying to tell something interesting or entertaining with some 4 rather obnoxious and stupid characters. Obviously, it failed miserably. I mean, the actors involved (Natasha Richardson, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze, Charlize Theron) were not that bad and you can imagine that it was appealing for them to portray someone really far from their personal background. Basically, it is a story about some rednecks who are supposed to be lovable but there was not a single moment during which I cared about them or what they were going through. The fact that the plot was terribly unsubstantial didn’t help either, I guess. For Patrick Swayze, I think it must have been one of his last recent movies I have seen and his career became rather disappointing until he tragically passed away in 2009. To conclude, maybe I make it sound as if it was really horrible but it was still fairly watchable thanks for the nice cast but it still doesn’t mean it is really worth a look whatsoever.