An average movie

To be honest, I had no idea what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. First of all, the cast was indeed really neat (Billy Crystal, James Caan, Juno Temple, Peter Stormare, Johnny Knoxville, Rebel Wilson, James Marsden, Dolph Lundgren, Amanda Plummer, Rosie Perez, Saffron Burrows). Concerning the movie itself, well, it turned out to be a decent quirkie indie comedy but not much more than that, to be honest. That's an usual issue with such indie comedies with so many characters involved and such a rather short running time (about 90 mins), as a result, most of the characters turn out to be barely developed at all. In fact, even though you might expect the whole thing to be about the various tenants living in these crappy apartments, it actually did, but it is also focused on one of the tenants called Franklin Franklin and, as a result, there was a rather weak balance. I mean, if F. Franklin was supposed to be the main character, why even bother with the other sub-plots involving his neighbours? On the other hand, if this community was the main focus, why did they spend so much time on one of them? It didn't really help that none of the characters involved was really interesting or entertaining. Anyway, in spite of its flaws, I still think it is worth a look though, especially if you like the genre.


6/10