Although Robin Williams has convincingly played some off-beat characters in both the comedy and thriller genres, it is clear that his range does not mix well in this poor attempt to ensnare a prospective audience that expects to see a quirky and enjoyable farce, only to be served a agonizingly poor attempt to put serious drama on the heels of a comedic premise.
It is nothing less than like that of mixing the "grape with the grain". Everyone knows that drinking beer along with wine is a recipe for misery, and this is what this film did for me when the grape was comedy, and the grain was drama.
The few tid-bits offered on advertising trailers left me to believe I was in for a true Robin Williams laugh fest. I envisioned a more flamboyant and far-fetched story that would take the movie "Dave" and move it out of orbit an extra million miles. Instead, I was left with a queasy feeling waiting the entire movie to make a turn for the land of comedy. I begin to lose hope less than half way in, and the film just didn't deliver.
Barry Levin definitely set up the audience to see some good comedy, and let me and others down with anything but comedy. In fact, the comedy seemed ill placed once I learned that the movie had a very dark and dangerous side, and it made me feel uncomfortable to find anything funny when I saw what was happening to Laura Linney's character. I actually felt guilty to laugh as the main plot of the movie was anything but what I thought was a Robin Williams laugh-fest.
It was a sad attempt to make a parody of the elections of 2000 and 2004, and seemed to be making a political statement that was sobering when one would tend to believe that it was a film to poke fun at the political system and bring it to a level of pathetic hilarity.
Robin Williams did not fail to make his best efforts here, but, the film was definitely mis-written, and the story really smelled up my home theater. I'm glad I did not purchase this film, and I feel sorry for the true fans of comedy and Robin Williams that were coaxed into a night of fun and light and refreshing humor, and left with a deep bellow in one's depths.
It is nothing less than like that of mixing the "grape with the grain". Everyone knows that drinking beer along with wine is a recipe for misery, and this is what this film did for me when the grape was comedy, and the grain was drama.
The few tid-bits offered on advertising trailers left me to believe I was in for a true Robin Williams laugh fest. I envisioned a more flamboyant and far-fetched story that would take the movie "Dave" and move it out of orbit an extra million miles. Instead, I was left with a queasy feeling waiting the entire movie to make a turn for the land of comedy. I begin to lose hope less than half way in, and the film just didn't deliver.
Barry Levin definitely set up the audience to see some good comedy, and let me and others down with anything but comedy. In fact, the comedy seemed ill placed once I learned that the movie had a very dark and dangerous side, and it made me feel uncomfortable to find anything funny when I saw what was happening to Laura Linney's character. I actually felt guilty to laugh as the main plot of the movie was anything but what I thought was a Robin Williams laugh-fest.
It was a sad attempt to make a parody of the elections of 2000 and 2004, and seemed to be making a political statement that was sobering when one would tend to believe that it was a film to poke fun at the political system and bring it to a level of pathetic hilarity.
Robin Williams did not fail to make his best efforts here, but, the film was definitely mis-written, and the story really smelled up my home theater. I'm glad I did not purchase this film, and I feel sorry for the true fans of comedy and Robin Williams that were coaxed into a night of fun and light and refreshing humor, and left with a deep bellow in one's depths.
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