Even though this movie's premise has been constantly recycled, I was still willing to give it a chance. Most modern films in the current era are remakes or regurgitation of older films, so I've just learned to accept it for what it is. Originality and creativity is dead. A wise person once said, 'there are no new ideas.' And I'm starting to think they were right. While scrolling through Netflix one Friday night, I stumbled across this film. I had never heard of it, but I saw some names in the opening credits that I recognized. We all know who Karrueche is (mainly for her personal life and not because of any acting work), and I'm familiar with Brian White's work.
However, the execution of this film didn't meet my expectations going into it. For one, the acting was pretty meh. Yes, just because you cast attractive people for certain roles don't mean they have the skill to sell it. There were some scenes that made me cringe because the acting was so bad. On top of that, the editing wasn't all that good either. I don't know, but choppy editing paired with sub-par acting is never a good sign of an amazing piece of cinema. Let me tell you.
Watching this film made me realize how little research the writer did before embarking on this journey. I know it was written, produced, and directed by the same guy and it shows. The fact that Caroline was supposedly pregnant, yet we saw her drink glasses of wine on two separate occasions after spilling the beans about said pregnancy tells me someone didn't do their research. Sure, William may not have noticed it when she suddenly showed up at his dinner with Chloe. Guys are clueless, and may not know much of anything about pregnancy. But Chloe, who has been pregnant and given birth, should have made a comment about the fact her pregnant sister just revealed the big news to her all while chugging down a large glass of wine. There's no reason for Chloe to not have mentioned in passing about how Caroline should slow down on not drinking alcohol since she's pregnant now.
I know this can be considered trivial in the grand scheme of things to some people, but that irritated me. I couldn't stop thinking about it.
At one point, I just assumed Caroline was doing what these crazed women usually do in these kinds of films - lie about being pregnant to force the married man's hand in leaving his wife. But then we were shown a scene of her vomiting in a toilet, so that theory was soon nixed. Essentially, we had this pregnant woman drinking throughout the film like it was going out of style and none of the characters commented on it. Which means the writer didn't do his research and he dropped the ball completely.
Don't get me wrong - I LOVE bad movies, and some of my favorite movies of all time aren't critically acclaimed pieces of cinema. But I can't say I enjoyed this one. I won't be re-watching this again.
Chopping editing & directing + sub-par acting = yes, let's ONLY do this for one night and NEVER again.
However, the execution of this film didn't meet my expectations going into it. For one, the acting was pretty meh. Yes, just because you cast attractive people for certain roles don't mean they have the skill to sell it. There were some scenes that made me cringe because the acting was so bad. On top of that, the editing wasn't all that good either. I don't know, but choppy editing paired with sub-par acting is never a good sign of an amazing piece of cinema. Let me tell you.
Watching this film made me realize how little research the writer did before embarking on this journey. I know it was written, produced, and directed by the same guy and it shows. The fact that Caroline was supposedly pregnant, yet we saw her drink glasses of wine on two separate occasions after spilling the beans about said pregnancy tells me someone didn't do their research. Sure, William may not have noticed it when she suddenly showed up at his dinner with Chloe. Guys are clueless, and may not know much of anything about pregnancy. But Chloe, who has been pregnant and given birth, should have made a comment about the fact her pregnant sister just revealed the big news to her all while chugging down a large glass of wine. There's no reason for Chloe to not have mentioned in passing about how Caroline should slow down on not drinking alcohol since she's pregnant now.
I know this can be considered trivial in the grand scheme of things to some people, but that irritated me. I couldn't stop thinking about it.
At one point, I just assumed Caroline was doing what these crazed women usually do in these kinds of films - lie about being pregnant to force the married man's hand in leaving his wife. But then we were shown a scene of her vomiting in a toilet, so that theory was soon nixed. Essentially, we had this pregnant woman drinking throughout the film like it was going out of style and none of the characters commented on it. Which means the writer didn't do his research and he dropped the ball completely.
Don't get me wrong - I LOVE bad movies, and some of my favorite movies of all time aren't critically acclaimed pieces of cinema. But I can't say I enjoyed this one. I won't be re-watching this again.
Chopping editing & directing + sub-par acting = yes, let's ONLY do this for one night and NEVER again.