Went into fairly blind and figured the cast alone might take this one.
The first issue/problem is Oh is miscast...we are supposed to believe she's the sister while being old enough to be the mother. She even acts awkward enough throughout to confliction of the characters convoluted age. Not enough to ruin a film, but was just a strange blunder in casting.
Moving forward, we almost got to the end of the second act before realizing Ferrell hasn't even been shown other than on television clips early on.
Couple it with just tame, almost too tame writing and execution and had a feel for how it would end, opted to not finish----nothing was funny. Just felt circular and beyond the premise (which again---sounded like it would work), it just flattens out. The glaring missed opportunities piled on, as you would think with the comedic talent involved (Farrell listed at one of the executive producers), there'd be something to, you know, harken a chuckle or three. They were so few and far between, its hard to recommend a film that was shut off for something else.
The first issue/problem is Oh is miscast...we are supposed to believe she's the sister while being old enough to be the mother. She even acts awkward enough throughout to confliction of the characters convoluted age. Not enough to ruin a film, but was just a strange blunder in casting.
Moving forward, we almost got to the end of the second act before realizing Ferrell hasn't even been shown other than on television clips early on.
Couple it with just tame, almost too tame writing and execution and had a feel for how it would end, opted to not finish----nothing was funny. Just felt circular and beyond the premise (which again---sounded like it would work), it just flattens out. The glaring missed opportunities piled on, as you would think with the comedic talent involved (Farrell listed at one of the executive producers), there'd be something to, you know, harken a chuckle or three. They were so few and far between, its hard to recommend a film that was shut off for something else.