Reviews by johanlefourbe

Since I saw him in 'Tigerland', I always had a weak spot for Colin Farrell so I was definitely eager to check this flick. As a matter of fact, it is the very first movie Farrell made after 'Tigerland'. Ok, I have to admit it, I'm maybe too harsh with my rating here but, in my opinion, it is probably the worst movie he has made so far. Indeed, I thought he was totally miscast as Jesse James (but the rest of the cast was not much better, I'm afraid...). Above all, I thought the story was really boring and totally uninteresting. Basically, it is one of those (very) light Western where it seems to be jolly fun to be there and where everybody is nicely good looking and clean shaven. Personally, I prefer the gritty approach but that's just me. After this movie, Colin Farrell will constantly switch between interesting projects and terrible misfires so I'm not sure where I stand concerning this actor but I still believe he is very talented. To conclude, in my opinion, it is a very weak Western and it is absolutely not worth a look, even if you are a fan of the genre. 

To be honest, I have never heard of this movie before but it since it was on the list '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', I was definitely eager to check it out. Well, eventually, even though I have to admit that it was a decent vintage Western, I thought it was also nothing really mind-blowing after all. I mean, I did like the directing and the acting was not bad either but, in my opinion, the story was very thin (with a running time of 70 minutes, it was not really surprising). I have to admit it, I did see it on the BBC without subtitbles so I may have missed some bits but I still don't think it was anything really amazing. Basically, you have about 5 characters, they talk a lot, ride their horses and shoot their guns a little bit and that was about it. Still, like I said before, the whole thing looked pretty good, the actors delivered some solid performances and it was pretty neat to see James Coburn in his acting debut. Anyway, to conclude, it is a forgettable but still well made Western and I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

Even though  I wasn't expecting much from this flick, since I have a weak spot for Renée Zellweger, I thought I might as well check it out. By the way, what the hell happened to her actually? It seems that after 'Cinderella man', a supposedly high profile feature which eventually flopped, she pretty much lost her spot on the A list and since then she didn't do anything remotely interesting even if she still managed to get the lead in most of her movies. Anyway, this time, she showed up in a really uninspired romantic comedy. While watching this, it actually reminded me of 'Up in the Air', another movie dealing with layoffs, the only difference was that 'Up in the Air' was actually a good movie. Indeed, even though it dealt serioulsy with this subject, it still managed to be funny. This movie, however, was not funny and was simply rather weak. It never took its subject or the characters involved seriously, especially the people from Minnesota who were all portrayed as some kind of stupid morons. Why should I take this movie seriously then? Eventually, it just boringly followed the rules of the genre and it was just tedious to watch. To conclude, I have seen worse movies but it was still pretty average and I don’t think it is worth a look whatsoever.

When you think about Eddie Murphy's career, you wonder if it will ever get better again at some point... I mean, back in the 80's, he was one of the most succesfull actors and most of his movies were actuallu pretty good, or at least decent. Than in the 90's, his movies got less and less interesting and entertaining but they were usually fairly succesfull at the box-office but, nowadays, all his movies are some huge flops and, even worse, they are just plain terrible to watch. I'm afraid this flick was not an exception. Indeed, it was dealing with a really inane plot dealing with some aliens and the whole thing was just plain tedious. Not only Murphy was not funny at all but I was actually never realy sure about the tone. I mean, it was too childish for the grown-ups but they were too many adult jokes for a familly feature. I hope Eddie Murphy managed to get a fat paycheck for this piece of turd otherwise I didn't see at all the point of taking part in this 'project'. To conclude, it was just another really weak feature starring Murphy and it is absolutely not worth a look at all.