Reviews

A major disappointment considering all the hype and Golden Globes. Damien's script failed to deliver showing that most new artists don't have the chops. Looks like the previous generation didn't get the apprenticeship they needed so the great ideas and tricks of the trade could be passed on. Native talent doesn't get the job done. There is a reason everyone must "pay their dues". I hope he doesn't buy the fake news and awards because those people haven't seen a real musical and failed to realize what was missing.

See it if you want but I bet you will not leave humming the tunes or remember how bad the opening number was (at least 25% of the dancers were out of sync).

While the movie started strong and quickly reached the first set of wedding delays, once the characters moved to Michigan, things bogged down quickly. Without spoiling the movie, the antics in the Wolverine State were more like bad SNL skits than part of this movie.

The characters, both primary and secondary, were very likable and were also very well developed. Some of the fringe characters (I talking to you, Dakota!) tended to be overly done and one-note. They could have been scaled back to fit their place in the movie thus adding to rather than subtracting from the story. (Math in a movie review? Who would have guessed?) Tom's job hunt problems seemed to be oriented toward setting up jokes than based in reality. A man with his background would have landed a position in Ann Arbor in a New York minute. However, Violet's drama was much better written and more believable.

Once back in San Francisco, everything picked up again and you began rooting for the home team to finally make it to the goal line.

So go enjoy the beginning and end but be ready to take a 30-minute nap in the middle. Maybe the Director's Cut with actually cut out the boring parts. One can hope.

We went in expecting another great film from a great director but came away totally disappointed. For almost 2 hours, we set there wearing those high-priced 3D glasses waiting for the movie to kick in. Instead, we got a poorly-written Saturday morning/Hallmark film that kept repeating it's message (save old films!). I won't even bother with spoilers since there is nothing to spoil.

The only highlight was the excellent acting by a stellar cast. To bad it was all wasted on this melodramatic muck. And so corny, too. Oh well, at least the turkey before the film was better than the turkey on the screen.