What the Heck? There's not much new to this story line. Players have little depth of character. In fact, other than Grandpa & Nana; they have no character at all.
Amy does a pretty good job as 'Problem Mom' with the pain in the arse kid. She seemed like she had it pretty together at times, while oddly, falling off a cliff at others. And when she did, the trigger was not weighty enough to justify her out-of-the-blue hostile and/ or abhorrent behavior. If she was a user throughout, it wasn't clearly indicated. I guess it could be construed as a classic Jekyll & Hyde complex, but who knows.
More importantly, who cares. I just didn't like these people at all. But I've LOVED plenty of characters in movies I didn't like. That's because, they had substance. But with this flick, they do not. It was trite soapy crap, ALL OF IT!
I was bored with Mom's outbursts 1/3 the way thru this borefest. But I recorded this off Netflix for my wife, so being the good husband I am, I suffered thru it. At one point, Evelyn busted me scowling and said, "Just shut it off Bob!" But I replied; "Heck no TigerLily, I'm lovin' it!" She just shook her head & giggled. It was one of the rare times where she was little miffed with me, but yet, at the same time, was on the fence about finishing the movie herself, but was hesitant to admit it.
So we continued wading through the putrid quagmire for another hour.
The actor playing the kid was miscast. But he did a pretty good job. Not much about him was likeable.
But as an adult; he was worse; just as obnoxious as it gets. Self absorbed & Self righteous to the nth degree. This is exemplified during the job interview process. Insultingly contrived, it made Vance look like the chump he really is. (So what if I didn't get the job, I sure showed him!!). Uuugh. Just gross!)
I don't know how Glenn Close was made to look so old. Those make-up artists are geniuses!!
This entire soap opera is Oscar bait I guess. Why not go for the Nobel? One's as absolutely meaningless as the other. Besides, nobody's watching.
As I was writing this review, the score kept falling.
Fortunately, it didn't have far to go.
Dopey has produced some great work over the years. This offering is poor rehash of many like fares over the years. It's one of the rare times I kind of agree with RT who gave it a 25%. But, like IMDB viewers, audience reviews were considerably higher.
Why, I'll never know.
I do not recommend whatsoever.
Bob R.
Amy does a pretty good job as 'Problem Mom' with the pain in the arse kid. She seemed like she had it pretty together at times, while oddly, falling off a cliff at others. And when she did, the trigger was not weighty enough to justify her out-of-the-blue hostile and/ or abhorrent behavior. If she was a user throughout, it wasn't clearly indicated. I guess it could be construed as a classic Jekyll & Hyde complex, but who knows.
More importantly, who cares. I just didn't like these people at all. But I've LOVED plenty of characters in movies I didn't like. That's because, they had substance. But with this flick, they do not. It was trite soapy crap, ALL OF IT!
I was bored with Mom's outbursts 1/3 the way thru this borefest. But I recorded this off Netflix for my wife, so being the good husband I am, I suffered thru it. At one point, Evelyn busted me scowling and said, "Just shut it off Bob!" But I replied; "Heck no TigerLily, I'm lovin' it!" She just shook her head & giggled. It was one of the rare times where she was little miffed with me, but yet, at the same time, was on the fence about finishing the movie herself, but was hesitant to admit it.
So we continued wading through the putrid quagmire for another hour.
The actor playing the kid was miscast. But he did a pretty good job. Not much about him was likeable.
But as an adult; he was worse; just as obnoxious as it gets. Self absorbed & Self righteous to the nth degree. This is exemplified during the job interview process. Insultingly contrived, it made Vance look like the chump he really is. (So what if I didn't get the job, I sure showed him!!). Uuugh. Just gross!)
I don't know how Glenn Close was made to look so old. Those make-up artists are geniuses!!
This entire soap opera is Oscar bait I guess. Why not go for the Nobel? One's as absolutely meaningless as the other. Besides, nobody's watching.
As I was writing this review, the score kept falling.
Fortunately, it didn't have far to go.
Dopey has produced some great work over the years. This offering is poor rehash of many like fares over the years. It's one of the rare times I kind of agree with RT who gave it a 25%. But, like IMDB viewers, audience reviews were considerably higher.
Why, I'll never know.
I do not recommend whatsoever.
Bob R.