An average movie

I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since there was a nice cast, I was quite eager to check it out. In fact, I have just noticed that the opinions on this movie are really divided here on Listal. Indeed, some viewers apparently liked it a lot but some others thought it was actually pretty lame. Well, I definitely belonged to the 2nd group and I really had a hard time to care about the whole thing. I mean, sure, there was an interesting cast (Cuba Googing Jr., Whoopy Goldberg, Seth Green, John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Amy Smart) but the story was rather inane in my opinion. Basically, it is one of those comedies with a rather ridiculous set-up and all the characters constantly getting involved in some supposedly hilarious situations. Well, in my opinion, most of the jokes were actually rather lame and, on top of that, the story just was just not entertaining enough. Apparently, some critics argue that it was this movie that started the decline of the once promising Cuba Gooding Jr. (eventually, ‘Boat Trip’ released a year later would pretty much seal the deal anyway). To conclude, even though I have seen worse, I thought it was a really weak comedy and I don’t think it is really worth a look.

5/10