The first half was funny and entertaining, I thought. It was the second half that fell short. Let me explain.
The first half introduced all the characters and set up the basic plot. And it's a pretty interesting plot, a rat helps an inept garbage boy learn to cook. It was pretty clever, the dialog was witty, and all in all, I enjoyed it for what it was.
In the second half, that's when we uncover some new information. Unfortunately, there's little time to react to this information or go into detail about how different everything becomes. They resort to a lot of montages. Now montages can be great when they explain things that aren't vital enough to be full scenes but enough that they need to be explained. They just didn't work in this movie. I don't want to give anything away, but I will say that the second half is really confusing unless you're paying close attention. That's where the movie suffers.
So all in all, it was okay. Not spectacular or anything but it was decent enough. I don't I'll be watching it again anytime soon.
The first half introduced all the characters and set up the basic plot. And it's a pretty interesting plot, a rat helps an inept garbage boy learn to cook. It was pretty clever, the dialog was witty, and all in all, I enjoyed it for what it was.
In the second half, that's when we uncover some new information. Unfortunately, there's little time to react to this information or go into detail about how different everything becomes. They resort to a lot of montages. Now montages can be great when they explain things that aren't vital enough to be full scenes but enough that they need to be explained. They just didn't work in this movie. I don't want to give anything away, but I will say that the second half is really confusing unless you're paying close attention. That's where the movie suffers.
So all in all, it was okay. Not spectacular or anything but it was decent enough. I don't I'll be watching it again anytime soon.