An average movie

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Michel Gondry’s work, I still wanted to check it out. Basically, it is Gondry most mainstream feature so far but, unfortunately, also the most disappointing one. I mean, it wasn’t really bad but it was never really entertaining either. For example, the first 15 minutes were honestly quite dreadful. Fortunately, as soon as Kato was introduced, it got a little bit better and fun to watch but it never became really mind-blowing whatsoever. The biggest issue is that this movie was a huge vanity project for Seth Rogen and he was probably the only one who thought he was super-hero material. I mean, they try to toy with this idea, to make him some rather worthless hero, it became in the process more a comedy/parody and it does work from time to time. Still, Britt Reitner was sometimes funny but very often really obnoxious and the total lack of plot didn’t help either. You really wonder why Kato (the best character in the movie) stick up with him and the best scenes were when they have some fun together. Concerning the rest of the cast, Christop Waltz and Cameron Diaz were both terribly wasted here. It is getting quite annoying that Waltz keeps playing only the bad guy since he showed up in ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and I wish he would do something else. Once again, Cameron Diaz was really miscast and never convinced me as a reporter but, for her defence, she barely had anything to do here, expect showing up in her undies. To conclude, the whole thing is pretty half-backed but I guess it is still worth a look but don’t expect anything mind-blowing whatsoever.

6/10