This new remake of the 77 film starring George Segal and Jane Fonda is actually quite enjoyable. Jim Carey, Dick Harper, and his wife Jane, Tea Leoni, run out of money and decide to become robbers to pay the bills.
Judd Apatow, writer and producer of this year's comic masterpiece, 40 Year Old Virgin, comes back for another before the year's up. Unfortunately for him, this is no where near Virgin, but it still delivers laughs.
This is an enjoyable, fun movie. There are plenty of funny moments, and the actors did very well. Carey was not as over the top as he sometimes can get, and Leoni was nothing extraordinary, but still enjoyable. Alec Baldwin plays Dick's ex-boss that screws the company over ENRON style, and he does a great job playing the rich jerkoff. Again, non of the performances were super spectacular, but they were entertaining and enjoyable.
There was an underlying commentary throughout the movie on the economic state of society. I enjoyed the fact that while the whole movie kept that theme, it wasnt shoving it down your throat or slaughtering the film (like the embarassing remake of the classic The Stepford Wives did.)
Overall, this film was nothing special, but it was still quite enjoyable and funny. You should see this if you're in the mood for a light silly comedy. Overall Grade: C+
1 comment:
an iced mocha sounds nice...
I liked the part when he was snooping through the office in the bank and it cut to the guy walking in and then back to the desk... I expected him to be under the desk.
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