Spoilers....
Pros:
It ends.
Cons:
One of my biggest pet peeves is nonsensical casting.
A blake lively type mixed with a pretty Asian man does not equal a half asian half costa rican (meztizo) child.
The kid got all his chubby little costa rican Mom's looks.
Might be a cute actor, but was not right in this instance.
Plus checking out things, turns out his dad is trying to push him and his twin sister and is a classic stage dad.
Eww.
The movie started off promising, I didn't read the book because I'm a busy person.
I think black comedies are my favorite genre, but they're rare and hard to get right.
When this movie ended, it made me pin for a movie as good as Gus Vant Sant's 1995 "To Die For."
Perhaps it was a white person casting and anyone mixed looks the same.
I'm multi racial and it really annoys me when nuances are ignored.
Onto the pink elephant in the room
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Blake Lively's character in the film, Emily, only drinks martinis made with Aviation American Gin, the company Reynolds became an owner of in February (18). Feig reveals he was trying to get permission to feature another liquor company, but went with the Deadpool 2's company after Blake suggested it to him. However, he was not aware Ryan owned the company."
I knew this going in and it felt live every other scene, that damn gin bottle was positioned in clear view.
Me thinks Blake is just a slick character as Emily.
I think Ryan should have stuck with his Ex. I can not dream of Scarlett begging Avengers' director to spotlight her husband product and not tell them what was going on.
Anna Kendrick was forgettable in the role. She used to be so cute but now her head looks shruken and weird.
All in all, a huge let down.
I suggest the wonderful A Simple Plan instead.
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