There's no way to sugarcoat this review with film class rhetoric to describe the film. It was a romantic drama with a slight dash
a slight dash
of comedy. I cried more than I thought to laugh at any of these scenes, and I'm a dude. I enjoy romantic moments in movies, what can I say. The scene with Adam Scott finessing the dinner he bought for his baby-mama: yeah, I cried. It was thoughtful. I cried when she was brought to confession (and ultimate realization later in the film) about her feelings for her baby-daddy.
However, this falls under the "new progressive social ideas and experiments" category of film script which can make the viewer more perplexed about how a friendship like the one shared in the movie would actually be like than to exhibit known-emotions about such a situation. Story aside, the actors did great. I recognize them mostly from comedic and improv origins (and from various appearances on my favorite podcasts), but familiarity with the comedy-world aside, I was astounded at their ability to turn off the laughs and turn up the drama in these characters.
The ending felt forced, to me, and the emotions and the dialogue was a little askew from what I can believe out of the two main characters. Some of the directing of the children (if I have to nitpick) was just ridiculous; it's as if every director feels that every child is rambunctious and uncontrollable around their parents in every social situation. The characters themselves were a bit "on model" with characters we've seen in other movies, too even some who look alike (like Adam Scott reminds me of Tom Cruise in "Vanilla Sky" with his fancy job and New York living while trying to have sex with every suitable woman he chooses).
I wish the video streaming service I watched it on didn't sell me the movie as a comedy; it was clearly drama throughout. I remember making my first chuckle to myself at 39 minutes into the movie. I had to give the movie 4/10 stars because it was right on the fence of making a good film (which would make it 5/10 stars), but the question I ask myself is "would you recommend this to anyone?" I have to say, no, which drops it down a peg.
However, this falls under the "new progressive social ideas and experiments" category of film script which can make the viewer more perplexed about how a friendship like the one shared in the movie would actually be like than to exhibit known-emotions about such a situation. Story aside, the actors did great. I recognize them mostly from comedic and improv origins (and from various appearances on my favorite podcasts), but familiarity with the comedy-world aside, I was astounded at their ability to turn off the laughs and turn up the drama in these characters.
The ending felt forced, to me, and the emotions and the dialogue was a little askew from what I can believe out of the two main characters. Some of the directing of the children (if I have to nitpick) was just ridiculous; it's as if every director feels that every child is rambunctious and uncontrollable around their parents in every social situation. The characters themselves were a bit "on model" with characters we've seen in other movies, too even some who look alike (like Adam Scott reminds me of Tom Cruise in "Vanilla Sky" with his fancy job and New York living while trying to have sex with every suitable woman he chooses).
I wish the video streaming service I watched it on didn't sell me the movie as a comedy; it was clearly drama throughout. I remember making my first chuckle to myself at 39 minutes into the movie. I had to give the movie 4/10 stars because it was right on the fence of making a good film (which would make it 5/10 stars), but the question I ask myself is "would you recommend this to anyone?" I have to say, no, which drops it down a peg.