Reviews

Joe List stars as Jeff, three years sober and potentially on the cusp of fatherhood. Jeff fears that he lacks the potential to be a good parent due to his own dysfunctional childhood. To overcome his anxiety at its source, he plans to confront his family of acerbic Bostonians regarding the perceived shortcomings of his own upbringing while at their annual family lakeside gathering in Maine.

First and foremost, the film is hilarious. The sold out crowd at tonight's world premiere at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan was laughing from start to finish. Joe List is great, Robert Kelly steals every scene he's in, and Tara Pacheco provided some excellent subtle humor as the neutral observer. Nick Di Paolo and Louis do not disappoint either.

The cowriting of Joe List and Louis CK seemed to shine through in an introspective and cathartic way from both ends of the spectrum of fatherhood. On one side, trepidation regarding what may be, and on the other end, regret for what has been and can never be undone (portrayed phenomenally through the father character by Robert Walsh).

The casting was fantastic from top to bottom. My only small qualm with the film is that the exposition in the first act was a bit heavy handed. Not really distracting though.

See this movie in theatres if you have the opportunity, it was a great experience to be able to laugh with a crowd of strangers again.

None of the motivations of any of the characters made any sense, nor did the stakes involved. I guess it's a comedy, but it wasn't funny so it would have been nice if it at least made sense.

Woody Harrelson's titular character started off sort of interesting, but devolved quickly into nonsense.

The action scenes were ok in like a dumb, over-the-top, unrealistic way.

Overall, pretty bad. Would have been better if any of it were actually funny in any way instead of just assuming we'd laugh at Kevin Hart simply existing.

Acting was not bad, but this movie was written by someone without even a cursory knowledge of the criminal justice system. One call to a lawyer could have fixed everything.

As others have said, this is a very apt modern retelling of the basic gist of "A Christmas Story."

The 80's nostalgia was not overplayed (although, the trope feels a little tired at this point).

My only real gripe was that the child actors that take up the majority of the screen time were not great. It felt like kids standing around reading a script, rather than characters I actually believed.

Overall, it was watchable and relatable though. Not a bad modern Christmas movie, and totally worth the time to watch, especially with family.

Ryan Reynolds and The Rock are two of the most charismatic men in Hollywood and neither of them lose a step working together. Gal Gadot proves, once again, that she is good looking.

The story is that Ryan Reynolds is the world's best (?) art thief, looking to steal Cleopatra's eggs (which I refuse to google whether or not exist). The Rock is an FBI profiler out to catch him, and Gal Gadot is a better (?) art thief who's also in the mix.

This movie was a ton of fun. I honestly had a smile on my face throughout the majority of it. The jokes (mostly from Ryan Reynolds) all landed.

Sure, it's formulaic and not particularly realistic, but it was never supposed to be. This movie harkens back to the great fun action comedies of the 80's and 90's. Big summer blockbuster vibes, just happened to be a November Netflix release.

In my opinion, one of Netflix's best original movies. Not Oscar great, but fun great.

Overall, a pretty good movie. The soundtrack was fire and the direction and acting were both pretty solid and tight.

The writing was sloppy. It took a while to figure out what was supposed to be going on with the plot. Some of the humor fell flat due to the awkward dialogue and confusing exposition.

It all came together in the end though and pushed the movie overall from a six to a seven out of ten.

Not as political as some people are trying to make it, just an average western.

Every single cliché horror trope was overplayed, from the cinematography (cheap jump scares); the photography (unnecessarily creepy haunted house setting); to the acting (... bad). Also some very strange music choices.

This rating would have been lower than 4/10 but the story actually got mildly interesting after about an hour and twenty minutes into the film. I watched this on HBO Max, but if I were in a theatre I may have walked out before getting to the "good" part. Hell, I considered leaving my house.

If you make it through the whole thing, you'll realize that it could have been better with different actors, a different director, and a completely revised script. Overall... bad.

The cinematography was not bad, and Jason Momoa and his daughter did a decent job acting.

All of the fight scenes were absolutely horrible. Whoever was the fight coordinator should never get hired again.

This rating would have been higher if not for the final act. It went from acceptably bad to mindlessly implausible.

I had a thought to turn this off after the first 15 minutes, and I should have listened to that impulse.

The movie is well acted and well paced, with a gritty noir feel that I personally am a big fan of. I think that they did a great job of "show, don't tell" in terms of the way the futuristic Miami was portrayed.

Overall, really well done.

This is, perhaps, the worst movie I've ever seen.

Every single scene in this movie is bad from top to bottom. Like, every shot within every scene is bad. There is not a 15 second sequence that goes by in this movie that couldn't be torn apart. The writing, the acting, the cinematography, it is all god-awful. I have no idea how this movie got made.

I almost rated this movie a 2/10 instead of a 1/10 because I was actually impressed at how consistently terrible it managed to be, but I realized that if any movie deserves the 1/10; it's this one.

Was this a great movie? No. Was this a good movie? Also, probably, no. Alright... let's be honest, this was a bad movie. But it was a great MORTAL KOMBAT movie.

Full disclosure, I'm a big fan of the Mortal Kombat franchise. I've been playing the video games since the 90's and I am 100% the target demographic for this movie. If you are like me, you will enjoy the movie. If you are not like me, you probably won't (nor should you).

Watching the movie is like you're experiencing a playthrough of a new MK game on story mode. All dialogue just serves as a filler between fight scenes. I love the hard R rating that allows the film to embrace the brutality of the violence that is the signature of the series.

There are a ton of nods throughout the film to insider fans.

Again, in summation: not a good movie. But a GREAT Mortal Kombat movie. Take that for what you will.

If you go in to this movie with the understanding that it was produced for kids/teens you probably won't be disappointed.

The action was fun and the special effects were fine, if not standard nowadays.

There was absolutely no nuance or subtlety to be found throughout and there were several gaping plot holes that need to be overlooked to enjoy the film.

I would estimate that out of everything that happened in the film, 82% of it did not make any sense.

But that's all fine, it's supposed to be a silly monster fight movie. Just don't expect anything more.

It was kind of cool to see some more of the backstory and get to know the young Christopher Wallace before the fame. There is some interesting footage from when he was on his way up, but nothing really groundbreaking or surprising.

If you are a fan of B.I.G. you'll probably know most of the story already, but it was put together pretty well and from a bit earlier perspective than a lot of the other stories about him.

The fact that this movie still has a 6+ rating here just proves that Netflix employs a troll army.

2/10 (over 1/10) just for Peter Dinklage's performance.

The acting and cinematography were superb throughout the film.

Some of the dialogue feels a bit trite and cliched, especially in the early acts.

The story really comes together and leaves you wondering by the end.

The early '90s is a great time period to set a serial killer/cop drama piece in. The forensic technology plausibly exists but you don't have to worry about cell phones making everything so predictable and boring from a tracking/surveillance perspective.

The script left some logical loopholes that need to be overlooked in order to enjoy the film, but overall I thought it was a pretty decent effort.

The acting and cinematography were solid, the CGI was not distracting, and the characters were well drawn and not one dimensional.

The narrative cohesion was better than a lot of other Netflix originals have been lately.

It's not a perfect movie, but it was an enjoyable watch with some decent (if not semi-predictable) twists and turns to keep the viewer engaged. For fans of sci fi/action, it's worth a watch.

45 minutes in and there is no discernable plot, the 80's setting is entirely over-the-top and adds nothing to the narrative, the characters are way over acted, and the opening sequence was so CGI filled that I felt like I was watching a cartoon. Unwatchable.

The story didn't make any sense and was completely ridiculous, but the acting and cinematography made for an overall watchable flick. Wouldn't necessarily recommend though.

This movie is aggressively trying to be impressive.

It's OK. It's not great. The acting is fine. The story is fine. It's not the best movie of the year. It's an alright movie. It's not bad. You may or may not feel emotionally involved by the end.

Either way, it's fine.

The film was not as side-splittingly hilarious as the first one, but perhaps that's just because the ridiculousness of "everyday Americans" has already been so exposed in all forms of media that it is no longer shocking.

Still a sharp satire with some funny moments, worth a watch.

This film perfectly juxtaposes the dire situation that we, as humanity, find ourselves in with a hopeful future. David Attenborough's life is the perfect and poignant vessel for this story.