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Not that great

posted 13 years ago by discordian23
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This movie was enjoyable enough in a low key way, but it never really cohered into anything. It wasn't quite funny enough to be a good comedy, and never explored the characters in enough depth to have much weight as a drama. The "uplifting ending" and the romantic subplot with the mom felt rushed and contrived.

If you want to see a film about an emotionally stunted slacker, go see "Lars and the Real Girl" instead.

[–] Venilaa 13 years ago

If you are in the mood for a total lightweight humor piece that gets better as it progresses I think it worth seeing. I found the humor between the brothers quite funny at times.

I did figure out it was her friend that was chatting with Susan Sarandon pretty much right away so that was predictable.

All in all not a bad film by any means. I'm glad I saw it.