Ultimately pleasant if slight, “Standing Up, Falling Down” arrives at that modest impact despite the fact that the major characters here insist on behaving in ways that are meant to be funny, but too often land more in the “obnoxious” zone. This seriocomedy, with Ben Schwartz as a failed comedian and Billy Crystal as a wacky dermatologist he befriends, is actually stronger in its middleweight dramatic departments than it is in convincing us that these newly-met buddies are really good-hearted charmers — as opposed to tactless misanthropes who’ve quite understandably alienated most of those around them.
A different movie might have actually explored that second, rather bleak reality. But “Standing Up” wants to be cute and heartwarming. That it eventually succeeds, more or less, pays testament to producer turned first-time feature helmer Matt Ratner’s adept handling, and a cast that does their considerable best with iffy material. The screenplay...
A different movie might have actually explored that second, rather bleak reality. But “Standing Up” wants to be cute and heartwarming. That it eventually succeeds, more or less, pays testament to producer turned first-time feature helmer Matt Ratner’s adept handling, and a cast that does their considerable best with iffy material. The screenplay...
- 1/11/2020
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Hey, "FBI" fans. Welcome to the brand new season 2! That's right, guys. It is almost time for the brand new season 2 to begin! In light of that, the wonderful CBS folks served up a brand new press release for the premiere episode 1 that's scheduled to air this Monday night, September 24, 2019. We're going to use that serve up a little spoiler session for you guys. So, with no further ado, let's get right into it. To start things off, the premiere episode 1 has officially been given the title, "Little Egypt." I don't know what it is about that name, but I really like it. Anyways, it sounds like episode 1 will feature very dangerous, intense, dramatic, action-filled and interesting scenes as a bomb goes off in a restaurant! The case becomes really complex. Oa goes undercover and more. We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the bomb situation. It...
- 9/21/2019
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
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