Reviews

The bad: Supposedly an action comedy, but I didnt laugh once, nor was I aware there was anything to laugh about to begin with, although I did hear one single person laugh loudly ocassionally, so perhaps some folks could still be amused by it...

More bad: It is not romantic at all, although the first hour is sort of a budding romance, between Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, but this is a budding "romance" without ANY sparks. No chemistry whatsover! Bummer.

Even more bad: the first hour NOTHING happens and then out of the blue the second hour is full on action packed with Ryan Gosling suddenly being accused of killing a moviestar and having to fight for his life, dodging bullets.

A LOT of very darkly lit scenes however did make me wonder who was fighting who, because often I could not distinguish the bad guys from the good guys because of this annoying low lit photography. And the action was dull as dishwater to begin with, so I didnt miss much...

Not any good then? NO. This story just DOES NOT MAKE SENSE at all. It's neither a good romance, nor is it a solid action movie, nor is it a comedy. This story AND it's characters are totally NOT credible. What a MISFIRE of a script!

I am a big Ryan Gosling fan, but it's better I forget this movie was ever made, because it was a complete nothing burger!

Beware: dont be fooled by the trailer, because this is NOT a thrilling action movie, because the action scenes are quite lame and not thrilling at all. What is it then? It's a (artsy fartsy looking) moralistic story about the press (Kirsten Dunst) being "the white knight on a horse", defending democracy, in a time when the Amercian president (big hint at Tr*mp) refuses to leave the White House.

The bad: what's really laughable (and I mean REALLY laughable) is that we get to see FOTO journalists, who are directly in the line of fire ALL the time, BUT they never get hit! Neverrr! What miracle! Only at the very end, (for "dramatic" effect), 2 of these FOTO journalists AND the president get shot and that's the end of this entire lame movie as well.

The story in it's entirety is quite tedious actually. And repetitive. We get to see Kirsten Dunst as a FOTO journalist travelling by car with some other FOTO journalists from New York to Washington DC (about 800 miles). They travel. They travel some more. They shoot many (MANY) pictures with their FOTOcameras of soldiers fighting (mediocre CGI effects). And then they travel some more...NO real thrill. NO suspense. NO real drama. NO surprises. It just toddles along...

Not any good then? It's not a B-movie. They put money into this! It's photographed as if it were a slick commercial, with lovely fuzzy lighting techniques of nature and humans caring about each other, with serene, soothing music in the background. We get to see FOTO journalists CARE about America. We get to see democracy being defended and WIN in the end. And we get to see an evil president being shot. Justice prevails! If you are into that, be my guest and have a go at watching it!