Reviews

Beautiful looking with very good effects. Its visually great. The music is organic and sets the mood, although the music doesn't "set up" the scene as you might expect it to, making some of the more exciting scenes a little underwhelming perhaps.

Acting is great, characters are mostly likable. Chalamet walks a fine like between acting and over-acting a couple times, but all in all he's good.

The story is alright, I did get the names and the different "races" a little mixed up, even though it's not very complicated. Guess I'm dumb. Bummer that this is just the first part. When a movie is 2,5 hours long, I'd like to get a satisfactory ending, not just "to be continued".

The action scenes sort of sneak up on ya, but they are well executed. The choreography is alright, and the action looks good.

I liked the lore and the technology-stuff. The look of everything and the world building is great. Visually it's pretty sweet. Lots of sand, though. Lots of sand.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure Dune will flop. Not because it's bad, but because I just can't see enough people being really into this, or even giving it a chance.

And it seems pretty obvious that the studio has got big plans. A lot of work went into this I think, and I hope for the crew/casts sake that it does well.

Sometimes I just can't believe the scores here on IMDb.

Don't believe the negative hype, this movie is awesome!

Maisie Williams absolutely kills it. I think she's going to be a big deal. She relly is a great actor. 2 seconds after she appears on screen I just knew she would be great. And she was. (she is also the best thing in The New Mutants)

Some movies you just like from the get-go.. this is one of those. Mere minutes into the movie I got a really good feeling about it. It just entertained me from the very start. I also got a feeling it might get uncomfortable, and it does.

I knew almost nothing about it before I watched it (the right way to watch a movie btw) so I never knew what was going to happen.

The performances are great. Maisie WIlliams, as already mentioned, is just fantastic. Jake Curran played the most obnoxious character I've seen in a while. Sylvester McCoy is also a joy to watch. He has that thing where you just want to hear him speak, because he has.. charisma I guess. The rest of the cast is also great.

The Owners has a fantastic build up, it takes it's time, which really makes the tense scenes work. And boy is there some tension! I almost got a little stressed a couple times.

I loved this movie, even though it didn't quite go where I was hoping for. It just has so much of what I love in a horror movie, some of it I can't get into because I don't want to spoil this little gem for ya.

Steve-o mention this "movie" on his youtube-channel. He had gathered the old gang for something new! And I thought it would be reminiscent of the Jackass-movies or something, but no! Make no mistake, this is a stand up comedy special.

It has a couple "stunts" that are filmed elsewhere, but the rest is Steve-O doing stand-up with a guest thrown in here and there.

But I like Steve-O and Gnarly isn't bad. But if you follow his youtube channel, you've probably heard most of the "stand-up" material before, save the one of two new segments. Some video footage etc.

So yeah. It is what it is. Enttertaining, but far from a revolution of any kind.

This movie is a clearly inspired by the movie Saw.. so much so that Saw is mentioned several times in the movie. Anyhow, I dont mind that. All movies are inspired by something.

Without Donald Sutherland this would not have worked at all. He is such a presence, and you (well I anyway) just enjoy watching him act! Unfortunately, right by his side is Vincent Kartheiser. Not that he does a bad job, per se, but he is just totally not charming. He does not have a single iota of charisma. Also, and this is not pc, I know, but he has the saddest looking body I could possibly imagine. I know, I know, that shouldn't matter.. but I just hate skinny arms on men, especially completely untrained arms like his. and on a chubby torso? Come on. Pick up a weight will ya?

Ok, that unfair ranting about his body aside, he's jsut very unmemorable. Almost so unmemorable that he becomes memorable. If that was the point, then I salute!

Anyway, the movie is ok. Most of the actors are just good enough, but nothing more. Except the Donald, of course. I kept watching mostly just to find out what would happen in the end. It was ok.

You know.. what the hell happened here? Øvredals last three movies are "Trolljegeren", "The autopsy of Jane Doe" and "Scary stories to tell in the dark". Three prette awesome movies. And then this? What!

It starts off depressing, and it keeps on being depressing, dark, slow and just a big downer all the way to the end.

The leads, Iben Akerlie and Nat Wolff have no chemistry, or very little at least. We don't get to know them at all. Nat Wolff is sulking and acting afraid. We get about a billion close ups of his face. He is also totally charmless, I'm sorry to say.

Overall the acting is ok tho. And it is kinda cool to see this kind of movie in norwegian. A lot of the dialogue is in norwegian.

The action is tolerable, if you can call it action? The movie looks pretty good. Nice nature. Probably the best thing about it. It's beautiful here in Norway. It's not exactly a bad movie, it is just slow, very uninteresting, and well, pointless. And again, Nat Wolff.. boy. He is so boring, and plays a character I don't care about at all.

And please get actual americans to play americans.

After all the controversy with the movie a while back, I'm surprised they got it made and it not being a total mess. Because it isn't!

The visuals are pretty good. Sonic for the most part blends in pretty well. The effects are good. We get a couple "Quicksiver"-type scenes. While not quite on par with the actual Quicksilver-scene, they were good. I love that type of effect. Freeze frame, bullet time, call it what you will. LOVE!

Sonic is pretty charming, and they actually spend a whole lot of time on Sonic and his "relationship" with James Marsdens character. I'd say a little too much. I'd rather have another speed-scene, or two. But I get it, they try to give the movie heart. And they sort of succeed.

I did feel it got a little kid friendly at times. All the heart felt a little cheesy. I do think kids will like this movie tho! If they know who Sonic is.

Jim Carrey is very Jim Carrey as Robotnik. As expected, I guess. He's alright. I hope he does more roles like this again, it suits him. Although it bothered me a little that Robotnik is supposed to have an insanely high IQ, but he doesn't always seem to. But I guess to write a character with sky high IQ, you'd have to have that yourself, right?

But yeah, a couple chuckles, pretty decent chemistry between charaters, some nice action. You could do a whole lot worse.

It was ok. It looks pretty good, good use of music. Entertaining, and not really a dull moment. However, a little all over the place.. some of the girlpower feels somewhat forced.

I'm sure a lot of haters gonna hate on it, and the woke twitterati will love it, and those who are in the middel will probably think the same as I.

It has some pretty darn cool action scenes, but also some of the action felt uninspired. And, and this is not meant as hate, but not all the fighting is believable. You get no reason why these chicks kick so much ass, and they really do. You know, one swift kick and bad guy (twice the size of the hero) goes down.

I just wish they would have taken the Atomic Blonde-approach. Women are smaller than men, with less muscle, so maybe have them hit 3 times, instead of one?

And how come Harley can beat up several big dudes alone, anyway? She's like, a psychologist? I don't know.

It is pretty brutal tho! I liked that.

Also, Harley Quinn just walks around town.. no cops or anything try to get her. That's a little strange, maybe. And, she's not really very likeable. The bad guy is sort of more likeable than her, and he's a pretty big douche so.. yeah.

Oof, I hate boring movies. A movie can be anything but boring. It's the cardinal sin. The lead is decent, the movie looks good. The plot is almost intriguing at times, until it's not. Which happens pretty quickly and you realize there is little to be excited about. It seems to be written by someone who doesn't really know how to write this "Lost" type movie.

However, the main problem is that it is just so boring. It moves so slow. Seriously, a little into the movie I thought it might be hallfway, but no.. like 16 minutes in. Then I watched on for a while, and I'm at 22 minutes! What the hell! You know, that's the opposite of how it should be. You should want it to last, not be over.

There are a couple cool looking shots near the end. And, uhm. Yeah. That's about it. Movie is not directly bad, just boring.

I thought the last Jumanji movie was pretty decent, not perfect, but definitely not bad. If you liked that one you will like this. It is very much just more of the same. If it ain't broke, you know.

A couple new faces, one of them I really liked seeing. Won't say who it was, but if you're older than 20, chances are good you like the person.

The action is like last time, it's entertaining, but not mind blowing. The effects are overall good. The Rock has some, lets call them punching scenes, which I liked. Although the action direction overall, could have been slightly better, tighter.

They once again have fun with the fact that the characters "in game" represent characters in the movies "real life". And I am pretty impressed with how the actors fared. Maybe especially Dwayne Johnson. (I think he's taking some serious acting classes, he's getting better) Overall the cast in this is very likeable.

I didn't feel quite that much that I was in a video game, this time around though. Felt more like just an adventure, than an adventure videogame. They could have hammered home a little better. So yeah, I was entertained, but it's pretty shallow and won't stick with me like, say, the origianl Jumanji. (I watched that as a kid, and it was kind of revolutionary, so of course it stuck) Nice family flick.

You know, I liked the first one, and I liked this.

Unfortunately I saw this one in a press screening with norwegian dubbing. That's hardly ever a good idea. And I'm just saying it right now: I'd probably give this a 7, if I had seen the original. Probably. I don't know for sure.

(Not that the norwegian dub is horrendous, but just very uninspired)

The plot is fairly simple. It could just as easily have been the plot for a 15 minute animated short. But the plot isn't exactly the most important part now is it? Also, plenty of movies have simple plots, yet no one faults them for it.

The animation is decent, the character models too. Especially water (liquid, snow and ice) looks absolutely fantastic! And you know I know what snow looks like, I'm norwegian for crying out loud!

Anyway, this is pretty entertaining, and I think kids will love it. I'm not one to laugh a lot, but there was a scene or a number of scenes, that cracked. me. up.

I was never bored, not that I was super into it either, but pretty good. Doesn't beat the first one, but not bad at all. If I ever watch it again with original audio, I might just come back here ya'll!

I am totally unfamiliar with the books, just for the record. I am however slightly familiar with the director: André Øvredal! As he is norwegian, like me! Also I enjoyed Trollhunters and Autopsy of Jane Doe.

So. This is a horror movie, not quite meant for children, but not quite for grown-ups either. Scarier than Goosebumps, less scary than Hereditary. It's almost like a mix between a regular movie, and an anthology. With shorter stories blending with the main story.

I'll admit I didn't find it scary, but I still really liked it. The "monsters/creatures" designs are very good (or horrible, depends how you look at it). They don't look like every other monster we have ever seen, and that's cool.

The sound is extremely crisp and very loud. Two different times I got kinda scared because of the loud volume. Had I been at home, I would have reached for that volume rocker!

The story is, as expected perhaps, pretty decent, and I liked all the stories within the story. The visuals (as mentioned) and just how it's done. Øvredal definitely has a knack for directing. (Which is pretty useful for a director, lol) I do think we get to see the creatures a little too much, which is what makes it less scary, but cool since they look and act great.

The acting was alright, I liked the kids and their chemistry. This is just a perfect slumberparty-movie. Wish I was young again!

Entertaining, more cool than scary, awesome visuals, will watch again.

Hold up, hold up! Don't kill me yet! First off: I love the original. I was almost shocked when I heard that they were doing this... making the sequel without Red&Meth. But that's probably some of a producers fault, so let's try to be reasonable.

How High 2 should be called something else, though. It is only connected to the original by name, and a couple short cameos. And I guess you could say it's set in the same universe. But I guess it's way too tempting to cash in on the name. The original is a emthereffing classic, after all!

How High 2 is pretty short, but for the most part it is fairly entertaining. I do think the writers have tried to mimic the humor of the original somewhat, because the style of the jokes felt slightly recognizable at times.

The leads actually do ok. The big one I've seen before, the smaller one I did not recognize - sounds like he's doing a Chris Tucker imitation or something. I was prepared for super crappy acting, and while it's not Oscar-material, it was better than expected. Even a hint of charm, here and there. Ok, maybe just there.

It was a thing at the end, that dragged it down somewhat, so I could have liked a little better.

If you just want something mindless and braindead, you could do worse. You could also do a whole lot better, and it is called How High.

The Rock, The Statham, The Elba, David Leitch, Fast&Furious-franchise.. how do you NOT get your hopes up!? I was kind of expecting (although I tried not to) the action movie of the year, if not decade. Was it? Uh-well.

This movie is really self aware. It knows exactly what it is. And that is a good thing. It is slightly cheesy at times, but nothing problematic. It does have some awesome action, but what sells it even more is the chemistry between The Rock and Statham. I actually didn't expect the banter, or quarreling between them to be as entertaining as it was. But it was, and got quite a few laughs from the others at the press screening.

Some of the action is over the top, but some of it is more grounded. One of the bigger action scenes has some shaky cam.. why Leitch, WHY? Well, because it is suppose to come off as more hectic, I guess. I can almost accept that.

For the most part the action is pretty clean, though. There is quite a bit of fighting, and it's pretty enjoyable. Not really anything mind blowing, but decent.

Some of the more over the top action scenes has some CGI.. Slightly sloppy in a place or two. Also I'm not a big fan of the technology we see with one of the characters, this isn't the future. With that said though, technology is moving very fast these days, so I'll let it go.

Idris Elba is good, and holy crap is he one handsome SOB! Vanessa Kirby has some action scenes as well, btw.

I almost haven't seen any trailers, so I don't know if it's in there, but there were a couple of cameos almost, from famous actors, and that was a pleasant surprise for me.

All in all this is a solid action movie, with a good deal of comedy. I'll watch it again at some time, only then will I truly know how good it was.

If had I time machine I'd go back and not watch this. Obvious joke, but not all time travel movies are worth you time. This ain't.

I begins ok, looks and plays like a Nickelodeon-production. Until the f-bombs start coming. Then n-bombs. What the heck is this? It's colorful and with young actors, but they keep swearing, it's pretty weird.

Then one of the characters does something so mind-numbingly stupid and out of character, that I pretty much lost all hope from there. Plus, the weak-ass "political" message: cops are evil and kill black people for sport, is so on the nose it's embarrassing. Even though this movie shows plenty of black-on-black crime, it's still made out to be solely because of racism. Look, racism is real and it sucks, but does EVERY movie with a black cast have to be about the same thing? Come on.

And here's the kicker. This movie is weak with a sucky script, the IMDB-rating as of now is 4,9, but the critics seems to love it! I wonder why. Could it be because of the weak-sauce "politics" on display?

To be fair, the main characters do a good job, acting is pretty alright. They are pretty and charming. And Michael J Fox has a cameo, so watch the first 5 minutes or so, to catch him. Then skip.

I have never played or to any extent watched Pokemon, haven't even played Pokemon Go, so I have no dog in this fight. Just for the record.

I liked this movie. It's little bit of a mystery, with a slight hint of noir. There's pretty decent action, and a lot of humor. Likable characters.

Ryan Reynolds really kills it as Pikachu. It's like every line he delivers, is the best it could be, and every delivery is the best it could be. It just fits. Not that I laughed my ass off or anything, but he is just very enjoyable. and Pikachu is super cute, and very well integrated into the world. Excellent mix of CGI and live action all round.

Some fans will probably hate it, and others love it, but hey, that's the name of the game! As far as video game adaptations go, you could do a hell, uhm, sorry heck of a lot worse!

Jordan Peele is at it again!

Hard to say too much about this one without spoiling, but here goes. The acting is good, especially considering many of the actors plays two roles. They all do a bang up job in that regard. So no trouble so far. The movie looks good. I have no complains here either. It's technically very well made. We always see what's going on, no shaky cam or anything like that. Some nice shots too. The humor works pretty well, the dialogue comes off as natural. I like the beginning of the movie, the family is pretty likable. The movie is sort of a mystery, and when the mystery unravels is when we get to some slight problems. The scrips seems to be based on a pretty good idea, that was never thoroughly worked out. It just isn't thought all the way through. I am left with several questions, and not in a good way. This is spoiler terriroty, so I won't go into detail, but it didn't sit well with me. Doesn't seem to make sense. The plot has more holes than a swizz cheese. (that almost no critics talk about this is very strange)

Now, in the movies defence, the sub-genre it turne out to be is very far from my favorite, so others might like it better. I've seen a lot of horror movies, and this is just not one of the best ones. It is mediocre. Not a weak movie, but definitely no classic. Will not be watching it again.

So way in the future, people live in big mechanical machines on wheels. And one of the bigger cities: London, has got some rather unsavory plans.

Mortal Engines looks pretty good. The house-machines look awesome, especially the big ones. We are treated to some fine shots. Grandiose stuff. That's cool. The action is alright, nothing too special, but at times it's quite exciting. There is one fight scene though and I gotta say: someone did NOT get the memo that we don't use a million cuts any more. But there isn't that much fighting anyway, so it's not a big problem. The action that's on a bigger scale is much better. The effects look good, except from some greenscreen stuff that will not age well. (remember that one scene in King Kong? Jeeesh)

This movie really is a mixed bag. On one side it's got some creative, original ideas, on the other some overused clishees. For every creative element, there's a cringy line or two.

The characters are okay, can't say I liked anyone to a very big extent..Although Hugo Weaving does have some charisma. What's with that Tom guy? Sorry, but I just didn't like his face. Reminded me of a ventriloquist dummy, or something. Dunno.

Mortal Engines does have a cool atmosphere about it that I liked. But it is a little long, and there is especially one plot element that fell totally flat, although it was supposed to be very moving. It wasn't.

All in all a decent movie, sure to entertain at least some people.

The Predator is a pretty good franchise.. In my opinion none of the movies are directly bad. Alright, AVP:Requiem maybe isn't a classic, and Predators was a slight miss, but the rest are pretty decent. Of course the original being the best. Anyway, we now have another one, and I'll be damned if that one isn't good as well! Actually, I'd say it's bloody good. *wink wink* Tons of humor, tons of action, no shaky cam, a whole bunch of recognizable faces, from Olivia Munn to Jake Busey, and the best part? It's rated R. And it's not one of those R-rated movies where you doubt if it actually IS rated-R. There is no doubt. The blood is splashing and heads are rolling. It's very enjoyable. The chemistry between the characters, especially the "team" is excellent, and I ended up liking them all. The kid is good, Miss Munn is good, it's all good, ya dig!? I enjoyed it very much. It's just super entertaining to watch the Predator tear stuff up. And by stuff, I mean people. I'm sure it might be a little breezy for some, with little sense of real danger, and the music seems sort of Star Warsy and out of place, but in the big picture I just didn't really care about those small complaints. Shane Black really did good with this one, I hope people go to see it. Superb popcorn entertainment, with a side of blood.

Synnøve Macody Lund plays the main character, and she does a great job. She has a natural way of acting that I like. I hate that acting- acting that a lot of older generation actors do. I'm gonna sound like a douche-bag saying this, but it doesn't hurt that Macody Lund is very pretty, you see her face a lot, and that's okay. Although what really matters of course, is that she does a good job with the acting. And she does!

Anywho! She inherits an old house, and she goes there to sell it. And uhm, scary stuff happens, OK?

Hjemsøkt looks very good, which is no big surprise, considering the director is a photographer. At least he has done some photography work before. He knows that he's doing when it comes to that stuff. The sound design is also well done. Slightly loud sounds at times, but still very good.

The first half or so of the movie contains a lot of fake scares. Knocking on a door, a door closing, that kind of thing. It just about gets a little annoying, before it more or less stops. It's pretty well paced, and didn't really become boring at all. Also helps that it's fairly short. About an hour, twenty minutes.

Hjemsøkt is not a bad movie. But it's not the big haunted house movie of the year, either. The story is alright, although I didn't find it extremely exciting.

With a little more genuine scares, and maybe some more effects and makeup, would help a lot with making this more great than just OK. I liked it, but don't expect a new Insidious or Conjuring.

Huh. This is a bit of a shame. Because this movie could have been a lot better, had it not been for the horrible middle movie.

This is three short movies, tied together by a background movie, and they are slightly mixed together. The background movie is OK, actually.. and the first short is not bad. But the second one is awful. I mean, jeez, pretty much everything about it sucks. The costumes being the very worst thing about it. It looks like you sent a kid to a junk yard, with 2 minutes to put together a costume with what he/she could find there. It looks totally ridiculous, and not the least tiny bit scary. It also relied way to heavily on crying, begging and screaming which I HATE. Such a cheap, tiresome, dumb way to try to make something scary.

The third movie.. uhm, well, it's not that bad. Shoddy acting drags it down some. But it had some awesome gore.

Art the clown is the only really good thing in this, he looks awesome. Really scary and creepy.

I really just wrote this review to tell you how sucky the second/middle movie is. It's almost worth checking out for the stupid looking costume.

What the hell is this crap? What happened here?

This is so by the numbers, so bland, so boring. Check it out: every single jump scare in this movie, which is pretty much every single "scare", is accomplished with an ear piercingly loud sound. Seriously. Every time. A car horn. A dogs bark. A bang on a door. And the sound is so ridiculously loud, while the talking is super low. Man I was just so effing angry. It pains your ears. And the sound is not even accompanied by scary imagery! Most of the times it's just a fake scare. With SUCH loud noise. JEEEZ.

The best thing about the movie is Sophie Cookson. She does the best she can with a very uninteresting and boring script. There is very little gore, the little there is is OK. There are a couple of effects, they also work. But all in all it's just very tame. The story, I think, leans on being "true". Unfortunately it's still boring.

I should probably give this a lower score, but if my mood were better I think I might have enjoyed it more. Also, the movie does have some qualities, it's just all to by the numbers.

So, Norwegian critics have been pretty much butchering this movie. Which is a little strange. On the other hand, Norwegian movie critics don't typically like this kind of movie. No. Boring, dark, dramatic movies that no one (other than the critics) really wants to see, that's what they like! So when someone tries to make an entertaining movie, a movie that sort of breaks the mold, oh yeah, let's reign fire down upon it!

Anyway!

Askeladden (or Ash Lad as it is internationally) starts off really good. It looks great. I like the visual style. Very strong colors, (something critics have been complaining about), nice nature shots, some cool set pieces. I thought it suited the story very well.

It's very well paced, never boring. Has some actually pretty awesome scenes. There is especially one scene, or sequence that I just loved. It's really cool, and the rest of the movie can't quite keep up, because it's that cool. But that's my personal opinion of course.

The acting is decent for the most part. Some of the actors speak in a different dialect than they actually have, so for a language person like me, some lines are a little stiff. The script is not the best, but I don't think it's that important. This is a family movie, more for kids than adults, and I don't think the dialogue is that extremely important. (unlike other critics)

There are lots of references to different fairy tales, exactly what I wanted. There are also several effect shots, which I thought was pretty damn good. Maybe once or twice, it's not quite as good as it could have been, but that's a very minor issue.

I liked the first half or so the best, but all in all I was entertained. I hope this one does well in the theaters, because I want more!

Oh boy, had I the wrong impression of this movie! I thought this was gonna be some sort of comedy-horror thing.. NOPE. I realize I was stupid to think that, but hey.

So, it actually starts off pretty good. There is some real tension in the beginning. I was like, yeah, this is gonna be awesome! But man is it down hill from there. After the first minutes, it goes into drama mode and stays there. It does have some qualities, a couple of cool little details that I really liked. But I'm sorry to say, it was a tad boring. Movies are not supposed to be boring, so that's no good.

I don't think it had to be so long, almost 2 hours. You could easily shave off about 15-20 minutes. I think this movie tries to be a little artsy. Which it does with long, long scenes, often without dialogue, that drags out, and when they're done you're like.. OK, what was the point of that? Some people like that kind of stuff, but I'm not one of those people.

You would think this was a premise you could do some really cool stuff with, but most of it is wasted. It's just drama. Drama drama drama. And some sand. And of course Aquamans pecs, they are great.

There is some trickery with a character that loses an arm, and goes the rest of the movie with one arm. It looks OK for the most part, but since they don't use CGI primarily, the character doesn't move it's arm, and you see something is off. Had they used CGI in stead, it would probably look a lot better. Goes to show that practical effects aren't always best. At all. (Probably has something to do with the budget too though, but if you can't afford to have the effects needed, just rewrite the script dammit) Just every scene, basically, the arm is just plastered to the side of the torso, not moving, and I'm pretty sure people missing an arm, don't walk around like that.

But yeah, all in all it was just too dull. Some of the characters aren't likable at all, actually that goes for most of the characters I'd say. We get some scenes of violence, but those are too few, and not that exciting either. The ending is also kind of annoying, and really dull.

This movie in itself is not exactly bad. It looks alright, has some OK gore, decent acting for the most part, some slightly interesting characters. It doesn't suck. But as a origin story to one of horror's biggest icons? Eeeh, yeah. It's not great.

Actually, right off the bat the biggest problem with this movie strikes me. When you're making an origin story to such a famous character, you should make sure that the story you make up and make into a movie is really awesome. Unfortunately, it's not. We see Leatherface's family and stuff, and it's just meh. The opening scene is just not very interesting. What follows though, isn't bad. They have some kind of story to tell here, not relying too much on TCM- lore, and I thought it was somewhat entertaining.

You wouldn't have to cut a lot here to make this movie totally unrecognizable as a Leaterface origin-story, though. That's a shame. And it's also pretty tame, I'm sorry to say. Actually really tame. Like I said initially, the origin story to such a gruesome character should really be a lot more horrific, gruesome and ghastly. It's not. It's pretty watered down. I think the die hard fans of Leatherface will be disappointed with this. But who knows, I may be wrong.

I partly enjoyed this movie. It actually has a lot of good acting and realistic dialogue. But! When it suits the plot, it goes straight into ridiculous overreaction, and that is a huge problem. Really the whole movie, or the problem that need resolving, is based on a totally annoying, extreme overreaction, and it really threw me off.

Another problem is the fact that this revolves around a couple of struggling stand-up comedians, and you know what that means. Scenes of stand-up comedy that are supposed to be realistic. It is cringe. I will say it's not as bad as it could be, but still. There is something about fake stand-up comedy, just like fake improv, that just, it should not be done. Stand-up comedy is funny because it's real. When it's fake, it totally falls apart. With that said, it's better here than I've seen other places, at least.

The movie is too long. As a comedy I don't think it works very well. I smiled liked a couple of times. Now I may be a tough crowd, but still, I did expect a couple of chuckles at least.

What impressed me the most here is Ray Romano. He does an absolutely excellent role. He does not play Ray from the Everybody Loves Raymond here. He's much more of a believable normal guy. He was possibly the best thing about the whole movie. Really good.

The other actors are good too, but occasionally I got that, we're actors-vibe. 'See how natural we act? We are really natural! We joke and banter and all! Hey we are like totally natural yall! See how we realistically laugh at each others jokes'? Ugh, Sorry, but I just hate that. In a couple of scenes they are supposed to be joking and bantering with each other, and it is not funny at all.

The Big Sick has some heart, I'll give it that. It's a pretty good drama, with failed attempts at comedy. But Ray Romano really stole the show. And why does the critics love it? My guess is because it portrays another culture. Critics are suckers for that. (or they are just afraid to be called the r-word)