This movie relies heavily on physical comedy, especially people fighting over the contest. It also uses a lot of exaggeration, sarcasm, and innuendo. It's satirical in part. This kind of movie must be judged differently than romance or drama, especially the acting.
I'm not a fan of this type of movie, but I stuck to it to see if it was as bad, or as good, as some of the other reviewers. I think this movie is somewhere in between. It was more annoying at times than funny, but it did have a certain kind of humor. Especially annoying is the constant tender music as background to the arguing and fighting. It was like fingernails raking and old fashioned blackboard.
Even the antagonism between the leads, leading to romantic tension, was a little too exaggerated. But there is some romance.
BTW: the obvious fire hazard of the open candles right on top of the hay was so ridiculous it was funny.
In short, I think that so many things were overdone, too much. The constant negativity took away from the humor. Besides that, the dad's Alzheimer's was exploited.
I'm not a fan of this type of movie, but I stuck to it to see if it was as bad, or as good, as some of the other reviewers. I think this movie is somewhere in between. It was more annoying at times than funny, but it did have a certain kind of humor. Especially annoying is the constant tender music as background to the arguing and fighting. It was like fingernails raking and old fashioned blackboard.
Even the antagonism between the leads, leading to romantic tension, was a little too exaggerated. But there is some romance.
BTW: the obvious fire hazard of the open candles right on top of the hay was so ridiculous it was funny.
In short, I think that so many things were overdone, too much. The constant negativity took away from the humor. Besides that, the dad's Alzheimer's was exploited.