I have no idea how this film turned out so bad! I love pretty much every actor in it and I (usually) love the director, but this has to be my biggest let-down of the year so far.
The storyline is pretty pointless to begin with, but after the discovery that George Simmons is no longer ill it completely lacks any direction whatsoever. There are very few funny moments, even the stand up is very poor. Leslie Mann has once again been cast with her kids, which in "Knocked Up" worked really well, but I now fear she is constantly being used purely because she is Apatow's wife and isn't getting offered much else, not because she is actually funny.
The entire movie I just sat there waiting for either something to develop or something funny to appear on screen, neither of which really happened.
There really are very few redeeming features, the script feels unfinished, it was far too long, Leslie Mann's kids aren't even funny this time around... Honestly, I would totally avoid… more »

I have no idea how this film turned out so bad! I love pretty much every actor in it and I (usually) love the director, but this has to be my biggest let-down of the year so far.
The storyline is pretty pointless to begin with, but after the discovery that George Simmons is no longer ill it completely lacks any direction whatsoever. There are very few funny moments, even the stand up is very poor. Leslie Mann has once again been cast with her kids, which in "Knocked Up" worked really well, but I now fear she is constantly being used purely because she is Apatow's wife and isn't getting offered much else, not because she is actually funny.
The entire movie I just sat there waiting for either something to develop or something funny to appear on screen, neither of which really happened.
There really are very few redeeming features, the script feels unfinished, it was far too long, Leslie Mann's kids aren't even funny this time around... Honestly, I would totally avoid this film, even if, like me, you are a fan of the director or the people in it, it really is a poor film.
1 out of 10.