A good movie

Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a decent cast, I thought I should give it a try. To start with, the whole story was actually not really original and fairly predictable. I can imagine that it could have turned out to be some gross-out comedy with a war between this boy and his step-father. Fortunately, it was much more subtle than that thanks to some very impressive acting and some nice sober directing, even though the constant zooming in-and-out was rather distracting. Indeed, it is always a blessing when John C. Reilly plays the lead and, once again, he completely nailed it. It is so refreshing to see an average looking guy like him showing such a wide range of emotions. In this movie, he was always convincing and spellbinding to watch. Jonah Hill was also pretty good, even though his job was more thankless. Ultimately, the whole thing still remained a little too much predictable to become truely remarkable and, with only 90 minutes, they didn't really have the time to further develop the whole situation. Still, for a drama-comedy, it was still pretty solid, I really cared for those characters so it is a pretty good flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10