The people who didn't like this movie must have thought they were going to watch a Walt Disney movie! The scriptwriting is so absurdist that it would make John Cleese proud. All three of the main characters play straight men at times, because the jokes cover almost any topic you can think of. If you ever saw Peter Sellers in a comedy, imagine a film with three of him in it, together. Yes, some of the jokes are gross, but I just ignored those. Dave Franco plays a guy who is either drunk/brain damaged/lobotomized, or....I dunno. You have to see this movie to believe it. If you remember Tom Green, well, he would have liked this, I'm sure. LOL. Too funny. My wife said this is the funniest movie she has ever seen!
... View MoreVince Vaughn is such a misunderstood commodity. Film makers seem to think of him as a Seth Rogen type actor, where you can just give him any old script and he will improvise enough to make it work. Rogen can do that, Vaughn can not. When Vaughn is at his best is in films like 'Old School' and 'Wedding Crashers' where he has both a very strong script and also very strong comedic actors around him for him to play off. That's what he does best, play off other actors with perfect biting sarcasm. 'Unfinished Business' does and not have a strong script, and even more so it certainly does not have a strong cast. This was a complete misfire.I think I briefly chuckled once the entire film. There was simply nothing funny going on here. What's more it was often quite depressing. There are a lot of story arcs that are an absolute downer and have no place being in a comedy film. Dave Franco was also absolutely dreadful. He played one of the worst character I can ever remember seeing in a film. The brain dead character can be funny ('Dumb and Dumber' perfected it) , but here it was just another depressing element to the film. I felt genuinely sorry for the character, he was going to have a very hard life. That's not something that ever crossed my mind in 'Dumb and Dumber'. Tom Wilkinson was also an absolute waste of space. He offered nothing in the comedy department, and nothing in any other compartment for that matter. The script gave these guys nothing, but they also didn't do themselves any favours.This is a horrible movie from start to finish. I think it was trying to be a raunchy, fun, party film while also having a heart. Unfortunately, even the raunchy scenes are dull and lacking in creativity. There really isn't any thing to like here. Even if you're a huge Vaughn fan, give this one a miss. It will only taint him for you.
... View MoreIf you saw the trailers for this movie like I did and are expecting a non-stop out of control European cocaine and hookers party with the famous motor mouth himself, sadly, that movie does not exist. However, what does exist is a very light little comedy about some outsiders and weirdos who go to Germany on a business trip. It doesn't have big punchlines and stupid catchphrases and ridiculous orgies. The comedy is character driven, which is smart given that there are a bunch of really good actors in this film. Underneath that lies a very sweetly- natured family dynamic that Vince handles in a realistic and understated way.It reminds me of Cedar Rapids, in a way, mostly because Hollywood has no idea how to market these low-key character driven comedies. They think people will be bored, and they are right, the Micheal Bay crowd will be bored by this movie and they won't think its funny. But they still haven't figured out that its OK that some people may not like it or think its very funny, every film doesn't have to be Wedding Crashers or Old School, home runs are nice, but so are singles and doubles.There are problems with this film, the pacing, at times it feels like a student film no one is running, the fact they sandwiched what feels like could have been a pretty believable family movie around this R-rated content, what ever the hell Dave Franco is doing, but somewhere in there is a really good movie, they just couldn't quite make it all work. Then someone decided to market it as Eurotrip 2 with Vince Vaugh and it flopped.Its probably better than Fred Claus.
... View MoreLet's get this out of the way from the start: This is not Swingers. You can't copy a formula like that, though Vince Vaughn does his usual shtick once again. And here lies the ingredient that will either lead to you enjoying this or absolutely dreading the experience of watching this movie.If you like him and the characters (quick talking, full of quips) he's portraying, you can be assured that you will at least have some fun with this. With two sidekicks who do a good job completing him (if that's what you want to call that). Especially Franco plays that innocent and uneducated simple minded guy as good as is possible. He seems very comfortable slipping into that role.A lot of sexual jokes and a bit of nudity along the way, if you're not offended by that ... if you are, try the wheelbarrow ... ;o)
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