An average movie

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this movie but since I have a weak spot for Neil LaBute’s work, I was still eager to check it out. Honestly, I find it really difficult to review this flick. Indeed, I have seen the original British version only a couple of months ago and both version are almost identical, except that this time, it takes place in the United States with an all-star black cast. Furthermore, I thought that the original movie was not bad, but still nothing mind-blowing and, quite frankly, rather disappointing. Unfortunately, this remake was not better, as a matter of fact, it was even less entertaining. At least, there was a rather impressive cast (Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence , Tracy Morgan, Zoe Saldana, James Marsden, Luke Wilson, Keith David, Peter Dinklage, Danny Glover, Regina Hall). I was quite surprised by how enthusiast Roger Ebert was about this movie but he has always been a fan of Neil LaBute, even more than me. Honestly, I must confess, this movie turned out to be another disappointment coming from this director. Indeed, his directing debut was the amazing ‘In the Company of Men’ and, after that, he made a couple of intriguing movies but, lately, his work has been rather underwhelming. Indeed, this movie was just another rather useless remake pretty much like ‘The Wicker Man’ which is considered as one of the worst movies ever made by many. To conclude, don’t pay too much attention to my rating, I’m being quite generous here, it is basically a decent comedy but if you are interested in this story, you should eventually skip this movie and watch the original version instead.

6/10