An average movie

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, to be honest, I really struggled to care about the damned thing and I’m amazed that they managed to get all these actors (Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott, Rashida Jones, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Kathryn Hahn, T.J. Miller, Sterling K. Brown, Hugh Dancy) for such a weak concept. Basically, it turned out to be a series of uninspired events during which Ned seemingly ruined the lives of his siblings which was just so derivative and predictable. As far as I’m concerned, such comedies going for some cheap laughs by having a stupid main character are always so misguided, Adam Sandler pretty much built his whole career on this concept, and this movie was another example why this concept actually never works. At least, I have to admit Paul Rudd should get some credit since he managed somehow not to make his character a total disaster after all. However, in spite of his efforts, his character was never really inspiring, interesting or entertaining. On top of that, it was a major mistake to have so many characters involved, especially with such a rather short running time. Indeed, as a result, none of them was properly developed and, eventually, they turned out to be even more tedious than the main character above all because they were all so bland. Eventually, it probably would have worked better if the guy had only one sister, this way, this sibling could have been fully developed, instead of all these half-baked characters. Anyway, to conclude, even if the whole  thing was rather harmless, it was still pretty weak and I don’t think it is really worth a look.