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Did anyone else think this was just plain terrible?


-Awful narration and dialogue
-The plot was overflowing with cliches
-Most of the characters were simply stereotypes
-The story had absolutely no direction (the whole bit about the land had absolutely nothing to do with the plot about the wife)
-The "humor" was just plain shock value. This wasn't a dramedy; it was a drama with cussing and violence that I was apparently supposed to laugh at.

I could go into more detail, but really, I just want to know if other people also thought it was terrible. I think this is easily the worst movie I've seen this year (and I watched No Strings Attached and Gnomeo And Juliet). (EDIT: I just watched Thor. Thus, my last comment is no longer valid.) I saw this with two other friends, and when we left the theater, before I told them what I thought, I asked them what they thought, and they both said it was really bad.

How this has a higher rating on Rotten Tomatoes than The Help, Beginners, Jane Eyre, Barney's Version, etc. is beyond me.

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This is an awful and terrible movie. how the *beep* this end up in the "comedy" ... so we were supposed to laugh at awful moments ???? ...wasted 2 hours.

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Haha what? Was this really labeled a comedy? I can't believe that.

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No. I rate it 10/10. This movie hits close to home for me. I am Hawaiian and I have some family in Hawaii. Also, McGregor Point in Maui was named after my great-great grandfather, Daniel McGregor.

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I thought it was a pretty good movie. I didn't think it was all that stereotypical. What would have been cliche would be if the Matt King character had duked it out with Brian Speer, but instead he wanted to face him down. I thought the way he held back and did not tell Elizabeth's father that she wasn't faithful as the father had just stated was admirable and not cliche. It wasn't overly dramatic, but often accurate that when loved ones are dying or dead that their spouses or family members often choose to conceal bad things about the dying/dead person so other people can get the closure they need.

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I completely agree, it was simply boring and cliche and no, it's not because of the topic either. The characters were too plain and 2-dimensional, acting at times was just amateurish.

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clooney was painfully miscast

this was probably written for giamatti

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