Maybe Apple made the mistake hiring Farrelly to direct and co-write this film, because it was clearly too much for him to handle. It did start off promising, with a fluid, engaging and entertaining tone, but then all of a sudden after the first act, it kept changing gears, and became disjointed and unbalanced, with what seemed like a bunch of screenplays that had been through the shredder, randomly taped together to be the remaining story for the final two acts. It's kinda like that one drunk friend that stumbles from one pub to another, with little recall of the events the next morning. Or ordering a draft, and it's two-thirds foam.
Even the charismatic performance of Efron couldn't save the flat-footed, unbalanced long and dragged out 126 min runtime. It was fun to see Bill Murray, and Crowe did his best with the little screen time he had, but none of that was enough for me to recommend this film. As astonishing and amazing this true story was, this film did it no justice. I feel a documentary-type story would've been better suited.
Even the charismatic performance of Efron couldn't save the flat-footed, unbalanced long and dragged out 126 min runtime. It was fun to see Bill Murray, and Crowe did his best with the little screen time he had, but none of that was enough for me to recommend this film. As astonishing and amazing this true story was, this film did it no justice. I feel a documentary-type story would've been better suited.