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“Nick, my step-son, was really eager to check this movie and it was pretty much our highest priority for this year. On top of that, we went to see it on his birthday which was really neat. Well, Nick, like the rest of the audience, really had a blast, that's for sure, and I have to admit that it was ” read more
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Of course, the idea of a shark in Paris was completely preposterous but that’s the reason why this movie mostly did succeed, the fact that the makers ” read more
“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but the subject did sound pretty cool and, since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, I did remind me of ‘Man on Wire’, easily one of my favorite documentaries. Indeed, especially during the” read more
Notes: I have noticed that this movie was pretty much a critical flop when it was released but, since I’m a huge fan of Jerry Seinfeld and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Well, I’m afraid I would have to agree with the critics on this one. Indeed, even though it was pretty neat to finally see Seinfeld in a movie, even directing one for the very first time, I’m afraid that the damned thing was just not good though. Sure, from the very beginning, you might wonder if making a movie about the creation of the Pop-Tarts was such a great idea but, on the other hand, David Fincher did manage to deliver a modern classic about Facebook. Eventually, I can imagine that Seinfeld could deliver a pretty good joke about Pop-Tarts during his stand-ups but there is a big difference between having fun about it for maybe 5 mins and delivering an actual full-length feature about this subject. I’m not saying that it was impossible but the fact that Seinfeld never directed another movie before probably didn't help. Anyway, there is no doubt that he didn’t pull it off, that’s for sure. Indeed, as mentioned before, the story was hardly interesting from the start but, to make things worse, the characters were not much better in spite the solid cast involved. Concerning the cast, the best of the bunch was probably Hugh Grant but even his character was not exactly hilarious though. However, the worst thing was probably the fact that most of the jokes were barely amusing at all
“I have noticed that this movie was pretty much a critical flop when it was released but, since I’m a huge fan of Jerry Seinfeld and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Well, I’m afraid I would have to agree with the critics on this one. Indeed, even ” read more
Notes: To be honest, it was not really good, in fact, it was even pretty weak. First of all, I have to admit that I do have actually a weak spot for romantic-comedies. Unfortunately, like most movies in this genre, they went for some kind of moronic gimmick so I’m afraid the damned thing was pretty much doomed to fail from the start. Furthermore, sure, Ireland did look quite gorgeous in this movie but there was also something rather fake about this postcard look though. And, yet, I thought it was pretty cool to see Lohan making a come-back after almost 20 years. Furthermore, even though the story was rather lame and her character was barely interesting, I thought she was quite charismatic though. It’s too bad that the supporting characters were not entertaining whatsoever and I guess it was a strategy to make sure that none of them could upstage Lohan in any way. Sure, this come-back (which actually started a few years before with ‘Falling for Christmas’ but I didn’t see it yet) never came near the level of ‘Iron Man’ for Robert Downey Jr. or ‘The Wrestler’ for Mickey Rourke. However, at least, it was nice to see her finally in a good shape after all these years and I hope she will keep this up and maybe even tackle some more challenging work in the future (she probably won’t though). 
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Notes: Unfortunately, after a technical issue on this website, my review for this movie has been deleted. I might watch again this movie in the future and write again a review.
(Jul. 2024)