This film was disappointing from the first scene until the last. Robin was not funny. Mila was not cute. The anger was not the lovable kind of Grumpy Old Men, but the disdainful kind of the complaining foreign neighbor. More could have, should have but wasn't done with the talent on screen to make this film work. I wouldn't be surprised if half the audience falls asleep halfway through the picture.It was OK, but, why should I say all of this stuff? Because it was terrible. You should know that before you invest your time. Then, should you watch it for history sake, and out of respect for our fallen comedic hero, you won't say that you weren't warned.

What you can just about call Williams' last film (in a starring role), and I was expecting more... Phil Alden Robinson ("Field of Dreams", "Sneakers"), who directs only about once or twice a decade, you would think would've selected something a little more special-?? Overall, this story of a man who believes he's terminal (irony?), then goes in a frantic journey all over the city to right his wrongs, falls short. However, that being said, I LMAO at the stuttering antics of James Earl Jones in his little part as the electronics salesman! LOL I heard Jones was actually a stutterer as a child, so wondered if he borrowed from that for this part-?? But other than for that scene, I wouldn't waste my time on this movie, unless you feel the need to have closure and see Williams in his final hours on screen. Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage and Oscar winner Melissa Leo co-star...

We all know Robin Williams, suffering from depression, took his own life not long after this movie was made. I can't help wondering if his role here helped him make his ultimate decision.Robin Williams is Henry Altmann, a bit more serious and less slapstick than many of his roles. He is an angry and frustrated man, a bit at odds with his lone surviving son, and more at odds with his wife. But when he goes for a doctor's appointment, and is forced to see a substitute doctor instead, things get a bit worse for him.The substitute doctor is Mila Kunis as Dr. Sharon Gill. She too is a bit frustrated and overwhelmed that the need always seems to outweigh the time available. She is trying to break it to Henry softly, telling him his tests need to be brought to a specialist, but he presses her so she has to tell him, he has a brain aneurysm and he needs to have it seen by a specialist. Pressed more by relentless Henry she tells him he has 90 minutes to live. So while Henry tries to say goodbye to everyone before 6:22 PM, Dr Gill and others try to round him up to get him to a hospital. The "90 minutes to live" had no basis in medical reality but Henry acted as if it did. And it includes jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge, but surviving after Dr Gill runs to shore and jumps in to save him.There is a funny cameo with James Earl Jones as camera shop owner Ruben. As time runs out, and Henry needs to buy a video camera to record his message to his son, Ruben is a bad stutterer and Henry almost loses it waiting for Ruben to answer his questions.Also good are Peter Dinklage as the brother and law partner, Aaron Altmann. As is Melissa Leo as the wife, Bette Altmann. And Hamish Linklater as the son, Tommy Altmann.This is a quirky comedy, a farce, and I enjoyed it. My wife didn't enjoy it as much. On Netflix streaming movies.

There's no doubt that Robin Williams was one of the great actors of the last twenty to thirty or so years. His films were wide and varied, therefore most casual fans, while accepting his brilliance, probably didn't like them all, but most would have a favourite. Now he's gone we're just left with his back catalogue to remember him by. As I've said, many of them are classics and worth their place in cinema history, sadly 'The Angriest Man in Brooklyn' will probably really only be remembered as one of Williams' last movies.He plays the titular 'angriest man' who is pretty much fed up with the world around him. One particularly bad day he ends up in hospital where an equally disenfranchised-with-life doctor (played by Mila Kunis) ends up breaking down and informing him that he's only got ninety minutes to live. This hardly improves his mood, but it does give the film its story, i.e. what will the 'angriest man in the city' do with his final moments.Unfortunately, the answer isn't as much as we'd probably like. It's fair to say that Williams isn't at his best. Perhaps, given light of his emotional state in real life, his heart and soul weren't really into acting this time round, especially as a guy who's not really into life and given only moments to live.The film's flaw is that it doesn't really know what it is. I guess it's supposed to be a comedy, but it's not really that funny (especially given what then happened to Robin Williams). Maybe it should have tried to stick at being a dark drama, but that's all academic now. It is what it is. And it is a sad story, not because it's that well-written or particularly good, but because you can't help but relate it to what happened in real life.If you're a fan of Robin Williams, you'll probably enjoy it. Or not. I'm a fan, but I found it rather sad really. I won't watch it again. Not because it's that bad, but because there are countless other Robin Williams films that he should be remembered by.