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Why Him? (2016)
Why him? Because he is funny
I loved this movie and I can say the same for everybody who was at the theater with me. This movie made the entire audience laugh from the very first minute till the last. This was a wow movie for me.
James Franco showed that he is still a hot one in the Hollywood game and an intelligent and funny one as well as Bryan Cranston.
'Why him?' This was the question Ned Fleming asked his daughter Stephanie. Why this guy? For sure he didn't like this young tech billionaire guy and wanted to know why his daughter chose to be with him.
If we want to get serious here, I think this story tries to show how a dad who was so close to his daughter couldn't understand the changes he saw in her after she went to college. To him, his girl had changed a lot and not just physically but otherwise. She was grown and there were some things she just felt was hard to say out.James Franco played Liard, the CEO of a video game company. This guy wasn't a nerd or a geek. He was outspoken/free-spirited. Due to poor upbringing or parental guidance he lacks the social know how not being able to differentiate what's good to say from what's wrong to say. He just says what comes to him, hence releasing all forms of curse words when he sees fit. Despite that, he is a good guy and he tries his best to show that by impressing his girlfriend's dad. But Ned on the other hand sees it as his own way of 'putting his mark on every member of the family'. Bryan Cranston portrayed the old-fashioned owner of a printing press company that was struggling to get customers as all of them are going high tech. He was the loving husband and father who was scared of change. He didn't want to accept that his company was creeping and that his daughter whom he loved very much was going to leave one day and stay with a guy he doesn't even trust.
Griffin Gluck was the 15 years old son who was good at business. Pitching his ideas to his dad but getting turned down.
Megan Mullaly was amazing and funny, playing the uptight wife. She kind of likes Liard but she waits for the approval from the big guy, her husband.
Zoe Duetch sees all and knows all. She knew the situation her father was in. She begs for his patience at the same time asking for improvement from Liard. The cast is experienced that they fit in perfectly in their roles. The movie was perfectly hilarious and excellently brilliant. I laughed to bits all over the place. I just wish I could see more and improved movies like this in the future. Certainly a see-again movie. Full review on www.film freak.WordPress.com
Baked in Brooklyn (2016)
A decent plot for decent characters
Movies of this nature are just straight up boring with weak plots and characters. In this case, the characters were not terrible in any sense and the story was well-organized and constructed.
Baked in Brooklyn stars Josh Brener and Alexandra Deddario and was directed by Rory Rooney.
It tells the story of a guy, David (Josh Brener) who lost his job and in a bid to earn something fast, he decides to sell weed over the internet. With his two roommates and very hot girlfriend, Kate (Alexandra Deddario) all against him, he continues to venture deeper into the business.
With time, his customers start to increase as supply decreases. He loses touch with his friends and girlfriend as he was too busy. His neglecting leads to the breakup between him and his girlfriend Kate.
After a threat on his life by his supplier, he decides to quit the weed business and begins to apply for a writer's job.
He finds Kate back with her ex which really brought him down to the dumps. He then kisses her in front of her boyfriend and rides away on his bicycle as the boyfriend pursues him. The characters were great. Josh Brener played the character 'David' who was particularly nerdy and was not that attractive. Alexandra Deddario on the other hand was hot (as always😘) and portrayed the character of a college girl who falls for the nerdy guy because he is sort of funny and wonderful. Their chemistry was above average.
I felt sorry for David though as things started to fall apart for him. After losing his job, losing his girlfriend, almost losing his life, decides to get his girl back but discovers she was with someone already. Come on, it was devastating. I could tell though that it finally ended well for him as the whole movie was a 'true life experience' he narrated to an audience as was shown at the beginning. Also, I am guessing that he got back with Kate, because after kissing her in front of her new boyfriend, she wasn't mad or angry at him. As a matter of fact, she looked kind of happy as a kind of new flame was ignited in her. So seeing David do that was definitely a turn on for her. I bet that she was going to call David later. The movie was entertaining and I am so proud of Josh Brener (speaking as a fan of SILICON VALLEY). See full review on www.film freak.WordPress.com