I must admit that I'm not really into family movies but more of adult-oriented ones. By that, I meant dramas, thrillers, etc; not the x-rated ones.
Anyway, it's been a long while since I saw any of those family movies. A very long time indeed. It's primarily because maybe it's my own foolish sensibility that told me by watching those movies would make me less of an adult. And that goes without saying that I'd avoid all types of family-oriented movies like animations or cartoons or "kids' stuff" as I'd call them.
But BLENDED looked and felt accessible enough that I love it so much. It was shown on cable TV and there was nothing else interesting that was within my "constricted interest" that was any good. And so I decided, BLENDED it was then; on HBO Family no less.
And I love it.
Even the African vacation that both Barrymore's and Sadler's families went to felt really genuinely good. Even better than the 2009 COUPLE'S RETREAT. I was utterly disappointed by that one.
For a long time I'd been wanting to see a movie about people going on vacations to some exotic locales but most of them usually were bad, even the 1986 CLUB PARADISE was somewhat a let-down. But Sadler somehow had this magical touch to family vacation films, and comedies at that too. Just like his 2011 JUST GO WITH IT. That, too, was accessible and I actually watched it in the theater. And I loved it.
So ultimately I suppose I'd become a believer in family films once more. I just had to wisely choose which ones are more suited to my taste and go lightly with them first.
And BLENDED is a perfect movie that I don't mind watching again and again. Even the characters were fun-loving too.
Anyway, it's been a long while since I saw any of those family movies. A very long time indeed. It's primarily because maybe it's my own foolish sensibility that told me by watching those movies would make me less of an adult. And that goes without saying that I'd avoid all types of family-oriented movies like animations or cartoons or "kids' stuff" as I'd call them.
But BLENDED looked and felt accessible enough that I love it so much. It was shown on cable TV and there was nothing else interesting that was within my "constricted interest" that was any good. And so I decided, BLENDED it was then; on HBO Family no less.
And I love it.
Even the African vacation that both Barrymore's and Sadler's families went to felt really genuinely good. Even better than the 2009 COUPLE'S RETREAT. I was utterly disappointed by that one.
For a long time I'd been wanting to see a movie about people going on vacations to some exotic locales but most of them usually were bad, even the 1986 CLUB PARADISE was somewhat a let-down. But Sadler somehow had this magical touch to family vacation films, and comedies at that too. Just like his 2011 JUST GO WITH IT. That, too, was accessible and I actually watched it in the theater. And I loved it.
So ultimately I suppose I'd become a believer in family films once more. I just had to wisely choose which ones are more suited to my taste and go lightly with them first.
And BLENDED is a perfect movie that I don't mind watching again and again. Even the characters were fun-loving too.