An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Eva Mendes and since it was on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it’s almost 10 years that Mendes retired to take care of her kids she had with Ryan Gosling and it had been a while since I saw one of her movies. Unfortunately, this movie was pretty weak, I’m afraid. Basically, it turned out to be one of these typical quirky indie comedies but, right from the start, the damned thing just didn’t work at all. In fact, I think it might have had some potential if they had chosen a completely different approach. Indeed, there was actually something rather sad, melancholic and genuine about this teenager and this single mother trying to figure out how to make sense of their respective lives. Unfortunately, for some reasons, the makers decided to make it ‘cheerful’ which was such a misguided choice and, as a result, it was rather annoying to see how they tried to force a light whimsical tone on this tale. To make things worse, all the characters were fairly pathetic and even rather unlikeable. Seriously, it was rather unbelievable that an obviously bright girl like Ansiedad would believe that such a convoluted plan would work and, above all, would have a positive impact on her life. The worst character was probably Dr. Harford though. Maybe this character would have worked if someone very handsome like George Clooney or Brad Pitt would have played him but, eventually, it was rarely bewildering that Grace wouldn’t dump the guy sooner. Eventually, I won’t blame Eva Mendes or Cierra Ramirez though, they were both really charismatic and I think they did what they could with the material that was provided. Anyway, to conclude, I really didn’t care about the damned thing and I don’t think it’s really worth a look, except maybe if you really like the genre.