I have come to number 7 and 6 and 5 of my worst films of the year...again comedies or so called comedies struggled this year.
7
Instant Family
This film is not a comedy. I makes you think that it is if you look at the trailer and commercials that they released for this movie...but definitely not a comedy.
It is a drama about the issues that happen, good and bad, when bringing foster children into your home. So what you get is an hour and a half of kids and parents behaving badly, and they are all highly annoying. Like nails on a chalk board annoying. Yes we are suppose to feel sorry for the children, knowing the background they came from, but that is beyond what happens in this film.
Plus there are way too many story lines of...the mom of the kids trying to get the kids back. The grandparents. The Foster group. The teenage foster child and a creepy boyfriend. Then for some odd reason...Joan Cusak shows up for 2 minutes at the end. What???!!! They had Joan Cusak and used her for only 2 minutes. What a mess.
I did not even touch on the acting...which was lacking.
So if I had to give anything a positive it was probably honest about how tough it is to assimilate foster kids and foster parents into one home.
Again it is not funny as a comedy; and all over the place as a drama.
6
HOLMES AND WATSON
I hate to pile on about a film that is already being ripped apart by critics. So I went in with an open mind, okay it was bad.
It is all in the writing. So we have Ethan Cohen to blame here with Arthur Conan Doyle, the writers.
However you also have to look at Ferrell and Reilly, I am sure they had to okay it.
For a comedy it just had maybe 2 laughs, maybe 3. Then the story, it had no tone, it could not figure out what it wanted to be. The plot would break for slapstick scenes that did not fit, and again...not funny. Throw in many plot holes; and throw in most of the plot had nothing to do with the ending...it was a mess.
5
DOG DAY
It is pretty much a Hallmark film on the big screen.
I am not a Hallmark movie snob...I like a good Hallmark film.
However after watching this, you realize maybe we should appreciate the casting of a Hallmark film much more.
Every couple or future couple in this film have absolutely no chemistry. None. Zero. it is painful. Not even 2 really good actors Finn Wolfhard and the great Ron Cephas Jones (as a boy and a mentor) worked well together.
Oh Boy. Well the dogs are cute.
Next up 4, 3, and 2!!!
From the shadows as always thanks for your time.
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