An average movie

Way before Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal both became some major players in Hollywood, their father Stephen Gyllenhaal had been making movies for a while now. If I'm not mistaken, it is the only one of his movies I have seen so far but, honestly, it wasn't really good. I mean, I ususally have weak spot about movies dealing with weed and there was a pretty cool cast (John Lithgow, Ryan Phillippe, Hank Azaria, Billy Bob Thornton, Kelly Lynch, Jon Bon Jovi, Judge Reinhold, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ted Danson) but, in spite of all the talent involved, the whole thing was barely funny. Basically, it is one of those comedies which tries to make you laugh with some really stupid characters. Unfortunately, I'd rather spend my time with some smart and interesting people and I found those guys usually obnoxious than funny. I don't think the actors should be blamed though, they did what they could with the material and there were indeed a couple of funny bits but, all in all, it was not really amazing, that's for sure. To conclude, it is a rather average comedy and it is not really worth a look, even if you like the genre.

5/10