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Reviews
Mike & Molly (2010)
Love story about two overweight people
Weight jokes are excessive and in poor taste many times in the first two episodes. I love to poke fun at the gravity challenged when it is not hurtful. The stereotypical black guy with a zinger every other line is tiresome as well. Too bad because the concept is good. The dumb blond sister bit is overdone as is the mother's dysfunction. All in all the show is hard to watch because the actors have been given little chance to succeed due to poor writing. There should be more opportunities to identify with the weight struggle since it is something many can appreciate. It's almost as if the character's struggle with their weight is nothing more than fodder for the poor one liners.
Fighting (2009)
Update to the Classic Charles Bronson film Hard Times
Good acting is hardly the film's strength though Terrence Howard does a pretty good job. The fight scenes while action packed were not well filmed. The angles and clarity of the shots left me wanting. The story itself was somewhat predictable yet enjoyable. More could have been done with the story of Shawn's father and the Evan conflict leading up to the climax fight. The love story was kind of nice even if it too was predictable. Zulaiya's grandmother was hilarious from her first appearance. There were a lot of racial stereotypes in the portrayal of each of the ethnic groups. Sadly these characterizations were accurate by and large.