A good movie

Oh dear… Both Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson took a huge gamble with this project and, eventually, this gamble didn’t pay off, I’m afraid. I mean, I did like this flick but I think I’m in the minority and, on top of that, I have to admit it, the whole thing was hugely flawed. Still, I gave it some few extra points because it tackles depression, a subject you barely seen in the movies and there was some good stuff. Eventually, I think there were at least 3 major elements which bothered me. First of all, they never managed to focus on a specific tone. I mean, for a good while, it was a very black satirical comedy which was the best choice but then, they would switch to some middle-of-the-road family drama and this lack of consistency was rather disappointing. Then, it was rather ludicrous to make us believe that the beaver would be able to run a company and, even worse, to make a tremendous success. Finally, there was this major parallel plot involving Anton Yelchin and Jennifer Lawrence and while this story was not bad, it was hardly developped enough and with a running time of just 90 minutes, there was no room for two storie like this. After this, I wonder how Jodie Foster’s directing career will further go. I mean, after ‘Little Man Tate’, many including myself thought it would be the start of an interesting new career, 4 years later she made ‘Home for the Holidays’ which was barely seen but it was not bad, and now, at last after 16 years, she finally comes up with something new but when you see the end-result, you might wonder if she will ever bother again sitting in the directing chair. To conclude, my rating might be a little too generous but I liked how daring the whole thing was and I think it is worth a look.

7/10