The basic idea does work for a nice comedy, and the script author must be very disappointed what the producer had made out of it. Problem is that the director and the writer are the same person: Daniel Waters. So one essential thing learned from this movies is, that Daniel Waters should only write, and never again be the director.
I won't tell the story, because reading it there wouldn't be much left for watching. If you want an average movie to spend 100 minutes, then you can watch it. If you expect a great comedy and a nice time in the cinema, then this movie is wrong for you. Escpecially because it has the appearance of a movie made only for video release but not for cinema.
The overall problem is the cast.
Simon Baker is good for romance movies and attorneys, but not for a comedy like this. Actors like Adam Sandler and Steve Zahn would be the right man for Roderick Blank. Simon Baker lacks the comedic element in his acting.
The secretary of Roderick Blank is also a prime playing role for a comedian, but the female actor here lacks also the comedic quality.
Patton Oswalt is the only actor in this movie with this quality.
Overall the movie is too slow. Even the music used in this movie is just wrong for a comedy.
I won't tell the story, because reading it there wouldn't be much left for watching. If you want an average movie to spend 100 minutes, then you can watch it. If you expect a great comedy and a nice time in the cinema, then this movie is wrong for you. Escpecially because it has the appearance of a movie made only for video release but not for cinema.
The overall problem is the cast.
Simon Baker is good for romance movies and attorneys, but not for a comedy like this. Actors like Adam Sandler and Steve Zahn would be the right man for Roderick Blank. Simon Baker lacks the comedic element in his acting.
The secretary of Roderick Blank is also a prime playing role for a comedian, but the female actor here lacks also the comedic quality.
Patton Oswalt is the only actor in this movie with this quality.
Overall the movie is too slow. Even the music used in this movie is just wrong for a comedy.