The Leisure Class is what you get if Wedding Crashers had a child with Mr. Bean, and it didn't have a funny bone in it's body. The film tries too hard to be a British Rom-Com similar to 4 Weddings and a Funeral; and fails. Don't try this at home, kids!
The story is unfocused, poorly structured, and reeks of desperation. Desperate to be funny. The film switches from comedy to drama, and that kills what little momentum it had.
The dialogue is stilted. Much of the dialogue and action is driven by dues ex machine. Things happen, or are said, in the movie for no reason other than someone said: "wouldn't if be funny if?" It never works.
I just don't get why Project Greenlight decided this was the film to go with. I have to assume that sexual orientation (of the writers, one was the director) came into play.
I watched the film after seeing the latest episode of PG. It's the episode where the HBO guy tries to tell the Director his film isn't getting through to the audience. The Director pouts like a little bitch. This after a screening, that amazingly, said the audience didn't get it. The Director still did not see the light. He was upset that he couldn't make the film "without interference." His artistry was assailed.
Anyway, after that little temper-tantrum, I had to see it. BTW, the HBO guy was correct in adding the explanation by the female lead as she comes down the stairs.
The story is unfocused, poorly structured, and reeks of desperation. Desperate to be funny. The film switches from comedy to drama, and that kills what little momentum it had.
The dialogue is stilted. Much of the dialogue and action is driven by dues ex machine. Things happen, or are said, in the movie for no reason other than someone said: "wouldn't if be funny if?" It never works.
I just don't get why Project Greenlight decided this was the film to go with. I have to assume that sexual orientation (of the writers, one was the director) came into play.
I watched the film after seeing the latest episode of PG. It's the episode where the HBO guy tries to tell the Director his film isn't getting through to the audience. The Director pouts like a little bitch. This after a screening, that amazingly, said the audience didn't get it. The Director still did not see the light. He was upset that he couldn't make the film "without interference." His artistry was assailed.
Anyway, after that little temper-tantrum, I had to see it. BTW, the HBO guy was correct in adding the explanation by the female lead as she comes down the stairs.