Try and make it past the first story, after that it gets better. If you cannot quite make it that is understandable. Dustin Hoffman is this movie. Besides his character, this movie is sub-par. Which is a big problem considering what happens about halfway through. All of the actors do well, but they don't seem to have had much to work with.
The whole film is all of our characters dealing with Hoffman's self centered character. If you enjoy watching children argue with, or indulge their parents. As the parent blatantly calls out his favorite child, as the siblings compete. Or find funny a father watching his daughter naked. Here ya go.
There are small spurts of (comedy?), some of what they try as comedy is just jarring, and not funny. if you watch it you will know what I mean. Again when you make it past the first story the comedy gets better as well.
The editing is weird. There are a lot of scenes cut mid-word. Or cut as soon as the emotion elevates. The background music seems to never stop, and is loud. There will be a conversation going on, and you will barely be able to hear it. Even important conversations about Hoffmans health.
It's always a sign that you are in for a tough watch when the glowing reviews state that the film has levels, and that you have to look beneath the surface. It's a decent flick. Is it worth the two hour investment? I don't think so, maybe to see how Ben Stiller and Sandler play off each other. I guess it's something else to watch on Netflix. I don't know. Maybe it's worth it just to watch Stiller attempt to cry. I came on here to see what others thought, and they all seemed to be on the poles, nothing along the equator. Normally I would have just used the discussion section, but IMDb wants to stop cyber bullying by removing discussion.
The whole film is all of our characters dealing with Hoffman's self centered character. If you enjoy watching children argue with, or indulge their parents. As the parent blatantly calls out his favorite child, as the siblings compete. Or find funny a father watching his daughter naked. Here ya go.
There are small spurts of (comedy?), some of what they try as comedy is just jarring, and not funny. if you watch it you will know what I mean. Again when you make it past the first story the comedy gets better as well.
The editing is weird. There are a lot of scenes cut mid-word. Or cut as soon as the emotion elevates. The background music seems to never stop, and is loud. There will be a conversation going on, and you will barely be able to hear it. Even important conversations about Hoffmans health.
It's always a sign that you are in for a tough watch when the glowing reviews state that the film has levels, and that you have to look beneath the surface. It's a decent flick. Is it worth the two hour investment? I don't think so, maybe to see how Ben Stiller and Sandler play off each other. I guess it's something else to watch on Netflix. I don't know. Maybe it's worth it just to watch Stiller attempt to cry. I came on here to see what others thought, and they all seemed to be on the poles, nothing along the equator. Normally I would have just used the discussion section, but IMDb wants to stop cyber bullying by removing discussion.
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