An average movie

Before becoming a ‘serious’ actor and winning two Academy awards back-to-back, Tom Hanks used to make some pretty goofy comedies and he was pretty successful at it. Basically, this movie was one of those daft comedies and, honestly, I thought it could have been quite awesome. Indeed, in my opinion, it really had some potential, the subject was quite fascinating. There were also some really interesting characters, for example, the one portrayed by Tom Hanks and the whole thing had some really hilarious scenes. So, you had all the enough ingredients to make one hell of a comedy but, unfortunately, the whole storyline about the housewife (Sally Field) who tries to become a stand-up comedian wasn't compelling or interesting whatsoever and it kind of ruined the movie for me. The tone of the movie was pretty sarcastic which was really appreciated but from the moment Sally Field was on the screen, it became all mushy and rather dull. It’s too bad because the rest of the movie was actually pretty awesome. Still, in spite of these flaws, it remains a decent comedy with one of Tom Hanks’ best characters and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10