An average movie

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this flick but since I have weak spot for Isla Fisher, I still wanted to check it out. Basically, it is one of those movies made by some SNL alumni and like most of those, it was a flop when it was released. Honestly, I don’t think it really deserved a better faith as the whole thing was barely funny. I don’t know, I really find it difficult to laugh at someone because they are stupid or because they are hurting themselves so, I guess, I wasn’t really the right audience for this flick. There was one scene which I really enjoyed though. It was this scene, in the woods, when they parodied ‘Footloose’. It was indeed quite hilarious and the big fall following was pretty good as well. But everything before or after didn’t make me laugh much and I think it would have been more interesting or funny if the main character would have been mentally retarded, at least, it would have made more sense. Eventually, I thought the whole thing was actually rather sad and therefore far from being hilarious. And once again, it was yet another disappointing feature starring the lovely Isla Fisher. Seriously, she seems really talented but she always shows up in the most underwhelming features and, this time, she didn’t have anything interesting to do except falling in love with the lead character which was utterly unconvincing. And don’t even mention Sissy Spacek. I though it was rather baffling to see an actress of her caliber, an Academy Award winner, showing up for such a thankless job. To be honest, there were a few good ideas and I enjoyed the feud with the dying step-dad but most of the movie was just cringe-inducing. To conclude, it is a really average comedy and it is not really worth a look, even if you like the genre.

5/10