The 2 stars I gave this film go to each of the Duplass brothers , because I respect their work. I feel bad giving this such a low score , but this movie was bad. I was hoping it would be a comedic take on the tv show " The Slap" . Which I really enjoyed a few years back .
The previews of this made me laugh. I thought I was going to watch a relatable comedy about different parenting styles and what can happen to a close knit group of friends as they begin to age and have children.
Unfortunately, my thought process while watching this went from " ok , these characters are a little bit over the top and exaggerated, but it's kind of funny and I kind of get where they are going ..." to " I hate every one of this weird group and don't care what happens to any of them".
I wanted to root for the main couple , but I found myself wishing Mani would have swam to shore & caught the next plane home to surprise his mom for her Birthday . Before he filed for divorce ! I did like the character of Manis mom. Being a mom of a grown son about to have his first child , I found her texts to him hilarious and relatable . But she wasn't in the film enough to make a difference . The couple who were getting married could have been cute , but I couldn't get past the feeling that the one with the gun was having some serious anxiety &mental health issues related to her baby . Seems someone needed to take that gun away and she needed a good therapist more than an island wedding . Them firing a gun in the air at the end was just one more bizarre thing that made no sense . But at that point ,I had given up trying to make sense of any of those characters. They were all self absorbed ( not just and obnoxious. To be fair , the non gun toting , seemingly more mentally stable part of the couple who was getting married s was more likable than the rest of them . I found it odd that the woman who dropped the baby had also slept with just about everyone in that friend group and they all still seemed to have some unresolved feelings involving her, yet it was never really addressed as anymore than a passing thought . The worst part though ,was the sex obsessed kid . Maybe I am just very naive and sheltered , but I don't know any parents that would defend their kids use of porn in public with no headphones , no matter how" sex positive" they are. Then the whole part about him getting off at the table ?Gross , Ridiculous & not funny at all. I know I was supposed to be won over by mani & lexis sudden willingness to move. And sacrifice for each other , at least in that brief moment, after all the awful things the audience had to endure about them before that. But all I could think was " wow , that poor kid" and also "these people are a marriage and family therapists dream ! " I think the end sums up the whole movie for me. Instead of something enjoyable and cute coming out of it, what was delivered instead was a big pile of crap. Better luck next time Duplass bros . I still love you and will watch your stuff !
The previews of this made me laugh. I thought I was going to watch a relatable comedy about different parenting styles and what can happen to a close knit group of friends as they begin to age and have children.
Unfortunately, my thought process while watching this went from " ok , these characters are a little bit over the top and exaggerated, but it's kind of funny and I kind of get where they are going ..." to " I hate every one of this weird group and don't care what happens to any of them".
I wanted to root for the main couple , but I found myself wishing Mani would have swam to shore & caught the next plane home to surprise his mom for her Birthday . Before he filed for divorce ! I did like the character of Manis mom. Being a mom of a grown son about to have his first child , I found her texts to him hilarious and relatable . But she wasn't in the film enough to make a difference . The couple who were getting married could have been cute , but I couldn't get past the feeling that the one with the gun was having some serious anxiety &mental health issues related to her baby . Seems someone needed to take that gun away and she needed a good therapist more than an island wedding . Them firing a gun in the air at the end was just one more bizarre thing that made no sense . But at that point ,I had given up trying to make sense of any of those characters. They were all self absorbed ( not just and obnoxious. To be fair , the non gun toting , seemingly more mentally stable part of the couple who was getting married s was more likable than the rest of them . I found it odd that the woman who dropped the baby had also slept with just about everyone in that friend group and they all still seemed to have some unresolved feelings involving her, yet it was never really addressed as anymore than a passing thought . The worst part though ,was the sex obsessed kid . Maybe I am just very naive and sheltered , but I don't know any parents that would defend their kids use of porn in public with no headphones , no matter how" sex positive" they are. Then the whole part about him getting off at the table ?Gross , Ridiculous & not funny at all. I know I was supposed to be won over by mani & lexis sudden willingness to move. And sacrifice for each other , at least in that brief moment, after all the awful things the audience had to endure about them before that. But all I could think was " wow , that poor kid" and also "these people are a marriage and family therapists dream ! " I think the end sums up the whole movie for me. Instead of something enjoyable and cute coming out of it, what was delivered instead was a big pile of crap. Better luck next time Duplass bros . I still love you and will watch your stuff !