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1st world upper middle class melodramatic drivel


Rich people cheating on eachother, breaking up, dealing with it. Tell me again why I should pay £10+ admission fee to see this crap? I couldn't even watch the whole trailer.

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Plus they drink alcohol too...so you know it's good

Even the most primitive society has an innate respect for the insane.

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I watched the trailer and it looked like a beer commercial, even with the title.
But I found it funny how both Wilde and Kendrick chug beer seemingly constantly and are still rail thin. The guys? Have a beer gut. Lol.

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I laughed at this as a first worlder. This is still less offensive first world navel gazing than Judd Apatow's This is 40. God, that movie's offensive on so many unspeakable levels. I immediately got the vibe that this was some kind of hipster rom-com. I mean four middle class self-absorbed adults, some sort of quarter-life crisis, tight polyester jeans, a craft brewery set in the Chicago (surprised it wasn't Williamsburg), and flannel shirts...c'mon.

It's worth a rent though, if I got bored. Yeah, I'm weak.

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No character development occurred and it was a very bland film. Also the characters drink or make references to drinking so much I wonder if they are all alcoholics.

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I just watched it last night - the acting performances were pretty good, but the storyline itself bored my SO and me to tears. Based on the trailer, I wanted to like this, but it never engaged me, except for one scene where Olivia Wilde actually showed some emotional response to an event which upset her character.

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This could've been exactly my reply. Really a waste of time...

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Yes, I think this is a good movie. It has a good cast with nice chemistry. I gave it a 7, and I would recommend it.

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I am fascinated by this view. It is as if people that are successful in life cannot have problem. Even tough studies upon studies show that money does not have any bearing on happiness.

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These people's problems are more interesting to me than King's and Queen's problems...like oh I'm royalty it's so hard...heavy lies the crown.

Even the most primitive society has an innate respect for the insane.

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I completely agree with you, and I can't stand when people dismiss "realistic" dramatic films because they deal with people who aren't poor or have some debilitating factor going on in their lives. Just because a film has people dealing with their personal issues does not automatically mean it has to be about minorities, or the lower class, or some obscure type of individual. There are all kinds of movies about and for all types of people.

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i just fell asleep after 30mins of the movie... jises could i wish this could ge more boring.

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lol the main chgaracter in the beard and in his trucker cap looks so disgusting, i dont think any woman would kiss him!

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Jake Johnson has a sizable female fanbase, I think. I'll admit to a mancrush as well. Dude's excellent on New Girl.

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Is SO realistic they say. That's what makes it meaningless.

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All this talk about 1st world problems is *beep* That's what 99.9% of movies are about.

Oh, lets go race cars. Oh, let's play sports like it really matters. Oh, look it's Iron Man.

Give me a break with your sanctimonious *beep*

The movie was made in the 1st world for 1st world viewers. So, yeah, it's not about starving AIDS victims in the Sudan. Cry me a f#cking river.

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1/wrong statement
2/race cars & sports were made by commoners, iron man is a work of imagination, destined to show that 1stclass ppl can amend & change their way for the greater good, prolly written by a commoner
3/If u need a break why u ask him for it, get yourself one & stop tryin 2 look cool
4/this movie was prolly made by the beer institute or wtv it's called (which was invented & is mainly drank by ...commoners), & i trust in my guts OP got a point, but yall prolly watched it drunk while shopping on amazon & don' remember a quarter of it, so, u can't even realize u r actually the 1z cryin the f river.

i'll wait fo'som subs & mb watch it (cuz i luv beer & actors have either an accent or some speech impediment no1 ever noticed makin' it hard for foreigners knowin' the language to understand 51% of wutdeysay, that or they just too conscious about talkin bs 49% of the time).

peace, out.

''As Imbecile examines finger, Wise man sees who's watching Imbecile, & Moon gets intimacy.'' H.E

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I can't even read this post. Yes you are on the internet so I don't think perfect spelling and grammar is necessary, but damn...make an effort. Prolly? Really? I mean Rly?

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well i saw prolly written someplaces & ppl understanding it, dont get on ur high horses, sure english isn't my primary language & i can write the few of it i know perfectly, but it's 2013, i'm not the reason for misspellings nor are dyslexia, immigrants, sms, or wtv, when points are made, if u just care about the form, u'll miss a lot of funds. (le fonds, la forme).

''As Imbecile examines finger, Wise man sees who's watching Imbecile, & Moon gets intimacy.'' H.E

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You are writing like a little 14 year old girl.

Should just stop and start to write normally, its not cool.

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thanks for your precious life changing comment, now i write perfectly, have grown up decades in days and had a virtual sex-change operation, life is so less boring, and i turned from cool to hot, if only more people were like you.

''As Imbecile examines finger, Wise man sees who's watching Imbecile, & Moon gets intimacy.'' H.E

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Good for you kiddo, you've layed of the worthless hilarious 'trolling'.

Now to your next problem, remove that silly quote, nobody cares.

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kiddo? trolling? looks like u the one who been laid off & z'all bitchy about it, but that's another story. for another time.

''As Imbecile examines finger, Wise man sees who's watching Imbecile, & Moon gets intimacy.'' H.E

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"looks like u the one who been laid off & z'all bitchy about it"

= kiddo

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born in 1980 & taking being called "kiddo" as a compliment, thx. i hope u either : get a job, keep the 1 u'r in & b happy wizzit or upgrade ur career.
still, this movie is like unwatchable, unless it's like a welcome screening in detoxfacilities.

''As Imbecile examines finger, Wise man sees who's watching Imbecile, & Moon gets intimacy.'' H.E

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Wow, into the rabbit hole we go.

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I agree completely. What pious snobbery. If a movie isn't about a downtrodden third world farmer it is horrible. How dare people in a first world country have a normal first world existence.

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lol That is the world of Joe Swanberg... hipster douche bag mumblecore.

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