"Curmudgeons" is a 17-minute short film from this year (2016) and it was directed by the Oscar-nominated Danny DeVito and he also plays one of the major characters in here. The lead, however, is played by the late David Margulies in one of his final performances. DeVito's daughter Lucy is on board too. I have to say I did not know the word in the title and looking it up I see it means something like a Grinch, but not just during Christmas, instead for the whole year. It refers to most characters in this one, not just Margulies' and DeVito's. I personally did not enjoy the watch too much. The ending is really unimpressive and feels rushed in in an attempt to make the movie (politically) relevant. Maybe it would have worked better if DeVito's character had not been absent for the first half of the film. As a whole, it felt a lot like a weaker episode of "Always Sunny", in terms of the humor, the constant swearing and the approach that character talk tough with each other, but really like each other nonetheless, like the old man and the nurse. So yeah, nothing too memorable in here and despite the big name(s) attached to the project a really forgettable short film. Thumbs down.
Review of Curmudgeons
