YOU WILL LAUGH HARD BY THE END OF THE DVD
Added 1/29/2010
Not your blockbuster comedy, but one gag dealing with a shooting accident left me laughing till my face hurt. Almost as big a laugh as years ago in "Animal House" when I literally slid out of my seat.
Robin Williams (Dan) leads the laughs with John Travolta (Charlie) assisting. The pair are marketing giants with the opportunity of a lifetime through sports marketing with a Japanese firm. The film depiction of Japanese businessmen is so unflattering that it will likely have a consequence with USA trade agreements in the future.
In the meantime, Dan's ex, Vicki (Kelly Preston-John Travolta's real wife) whom he'd like a second chance with, arrives and after an auto trunk accident funny enough to spew theater drink through nostrils, he accepts the assignment of babysitting his twin children, age 7, that he didn't know he fathered, while his ex is behind bars for chaining herself to a bulldozer and other social inappropriateness. All that's in the dull part.
The kids Zach & Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta-yes, J.T. real kid) make for the funny, slap-stick, get-your-belly-jiggling-humor because Dan has to move in with the kids with Charlie and neither know how to deal with kids. They try, and thus comes the calamity comedy. Their intern-level marketer employee (Seth Green) also gets into the act and has one of the funniest scenes of the film dealing with an amorous gorilla (not a spoiler since this scene has been used extensively as a marketing preview.)
Summary: It is worth it. It gave my stomach laugh muscles a much needed workout and safe enough for the younger viewers too. Some will call it 5 stars.
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FILLED WITH BELLY LAUGHS after a slower start
Added 1/28/2010
Not your blockbuster comedy, but one gag dealing with a shooting accident left me laughing till my face hurt. Almost as big a laugh as years ago in "Animal House" when I literally slid out of my seat.
Robin Williams (Dan) leads the laughs with John Travolta (Charlie) assisting. The pair are marketing giants with the opportunity of a lifetime through sports marketing with a Japanese firm. The film depiction of Japanese businessmen is so unflattering that it will likely have a consequence with USA trade agreements in the future.
In the meantime, Dan's ex, Vicki (Kelly Preston-John Travolta's real wife) whom he'd like a second chance with, arrives and after an auto trunk accident funny enough to spew theater drink through nostrils, he accepts the assignment of babysitting his twin children, age 7, that he didn't know he fathered, while his ex is behind bars for chaining herself to a bulldozer and other social inappropriateness. All that's in the dull part.
The kids Zach & Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta-yes, J.T. real kid) make for the funny, slap-stick, get-your-belly-jiggling-humor because Dan has to move in with the kids with Charlie and neither know how to deal with kids. They try, and thus comes the calamity comedy. Their intern-level marketer employee (Seth Green) also gets into the act and has one of the funniest scenes of the film dealing with an amorous gorilla (not a spoiler since this scene has been used extensively as a marketing preview.)
Summary: It is worth it. It gave my stomach laugh muscles a much needed workout and safe enough for the younger viewers too. Some will call it 5 stars.
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Slow start but THEN COMES THE BELLY LAUGHS
Added 12/21/2009
Not your blockbuster comedy, but one gag dealing with a shooting accident left me laughing till my face hurt. Almost as big a laugh as years ago in "Animal House" when I literally slid out of my theater seat.
Robin Williams (Dan) leads the laughs with John Travolta (Charlie) assisting. The pair are marketing giants with the opportunity of a lifetime through sports marketing with a Japanese firm. The film depiction of Japanese businessmen is so unflattering that it will likely have a consequence with USA trade agreements in the future.
In the meantime, Dan's ex, Vicki (Kelly Preston-John Travolta's real wife) whom he'd like a second chance with, arrives and after an auto trunk accident funny enough to spew theater drink through nostrils, he accepts the assignment of babysitting his twin children, age 7, that he didn't know he fathered, while his ex is behind bars for chaining herself to a bulldozer and other social inappropriateness. All that's in the dull part.
The kids Zach & Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta-yes, J.T. real kid) make for the funny, slap-stick, get-your-belly-jiggling-humor because Dan has to move in with the kids with Charlie and neither know how to deal with kids. They try, and thus comes the calamity comedy. Their intern-level marketer employee (Seth Green) also gets into the act and has one of the funniest scenes of the film dealing with an amorous gorilla (not a spoiler since this scene has been used extensively as a marketing preview.)
Summary: It was worth it. It gave my stomach laugh muscles a much needed workout and safe enough for the younger viewers too.
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Laugh out Loud Funny
Added 12/7/2009
We went to see this movie over the weekend with friends, and I can't tell you the last time I laughed this hard at a movie. I was crying I was laughing so hard!! I really didn't expect much from it, but I was pleasantly surprised.
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Could have been better with real old dogs.
Added 12/1/2009
Watching Robin Williams in such senile, slow, and tight shape detracted my attention from his comical performance. Williams used to ignite the screen in his prime years. In this movie, his acting as a drug-impaired was forcible and predictable. One could sense the total lack of improvisation in Williams' effort to display his loss of sense of distance.
John Travolta's overweight, congested veins and swollen neck created another distraction. His episode of insatiable appetite as an accidentally impaired victim was introduced by long and silly introduction on the side effects of the pills he swallowed. The movie took too long to explain the impending intoxication joke, yet to show dismal acting by relying on two drained old stars.
In contrast, the unimpeded acting of Travolta's daughter, Ella Bleu saved long minutes of the artificial performance of the two struggling actors. Ella compensated for her dad's negligence of his health by her angelical childhood of untainted improvisation.
Seth Green also made up for the downfalls and restricted personalities of the two old dogs. Green needed no trigger to get him fire up, as opposed to Travolta's constant attempts to keep his belly tight and avoid falling asleep.
The scenario of urban New Yorkers' lifestyle of coping with the madness of the expansiveness of business at the expense of abandoning the old tradition of family closeness might fall within the category of making movies about movies. The movie was clattered with cultural events that remotely relate to most of the viewers. Plenty of time was spent on childproofing an apartment with 15-feet deep swimming pool, dog funeral, and unusually inserted actresses that appeared more like movie stars than ordinary people.
The uplifting spirit of the movie was the display of New Yorkers' tolerance to others' shortcomings. The three business partners stuck together despite the exceptional burdens created by their association. Charlie played a good Charlie of a charismatic pal who never let life material issues ruin the precious human values.
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YOU WILL LAUGH HARD BY THE END OF THE DVD
Added 1/29/2010
Not your blockbuster comedy, but one gag dealing with a shooting accident left me laughing till my face hurt. Almost as big a laugh as years ago in "Animal House" when I literally slid out of my seat.
Robin Williams (Dan) leads the laughs with John Travolta (Charlie) assisting. The pair are marketing giants with the opportunity of a lifetime through sports marketing with a Japanese firm. The film depiction of Japanese businessmen is so unflattering that it will likely have a consequence with USA trade agreements in the future.
In the meantime, Dan's ex, Vicki (Kelly Preston-John Travolta's real wife) whom he'd like a second chance with, arrives and after an auto trunk accident funny enough to spew theater drink through nostrils, he accepts the assignment of babysitting his twin children, age 7, that he didn't know he fathered, while his ex is behind bars for chaining herself to a bulldozer and other social inappropriateness. All that's in the dull part.
The kids Zach & Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta-yes, J.T. real kid) make for the funny, slap-stick, get-your-belly-jiggling-humor because Dan has to move in with the kids with Charlie and neither know how to deal with kids. They try, and thus comes the calamity comedy. Their intern-level marketer employee (Seth Green) also gets into the act and has one of the funniest scenes of the film dealing with an amorous gorilla (not a spoiler since this scene has been used extensively as a marketing preview.)
Summary: It is worth it. It gave my stomach laugh muscles a much needed workout and safe enough for the younger viewers too. Some will call it 5 stars.
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FILLED WITH BELLY LAUGHS after a slower start
Added 1/28/2010
Not your blockbuster comedy, but one gag dealing with a shooting accident left me laughing till my face hurt. Almost as big a laugh as years ago in "Animal House" when I literally slid out of my seat.
Robin Williams (Dan) leads the laughs with John Travolta (Charlie) assisting. The pair are marketing giants with the opportunity of a lifetime through sports marketing with a Japanese firm. The film depiction of Japanese businessmen is so unflattering that it will likely have a consequence with USA trade agreements in the future.
In the meantime, Dan's ex, Vicki (Kelly Preston-John Travolta's real wife) whom he'd like a second chance with, arrives and after an auto trunk accident funny enough to spew theater drink through nostrils, he accepts the assignment of babysitting his twin children, age 7, that he didn't know he fathered, while his ex is behind bars for chaining herself to a bulldozer and other social inappropriateness. All that's in the dull part.
The kids Zach & Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta-yes, J.T. real kid) make for the funny, slap-stick, get-your-belly-jiggling-humor because Dan has to move in with the kids with Charlie and neither know how to deal with kids. They try, and thus comes the calamity comedy. Their intern-level marketer employee (Seth Green) also gets into the act and has one of the funniest scenes of the film dealing with an amorous gorilla (not a spoiler since this scene has been used extensively as a marketing preview.)
Summary: It is worth it. It gave my stomach laugh muscles a much needed workout and safe enough for the younger viewers too. Some will call it 5 stars.
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Slow start but THEN COMES THE BELLY LAUGHS
Added 12/21/2009
Not your blockbuster comedy, but one gag dealing with a shooting accident left me laughing till my face hurt. Almost as big a laugh as years ago in "Animal House" when I literally slid out of my theater seat.
Robin Williams (Dan) leads the laughs with John Travolta (Charlie) assisting. The pair are marketing giants with the opportunity of a lifetime through sports marketing with a Japanese firm. The film depiction of Japanese businessmen is so unflattering that it will likely have a consequence with USA trade agreements in the future.
In the meantime, Dan's ex, Vicki (Kelly Preston-John Travolta's real wife) whom he'd like a second chance with, arrives and after an auto trunk accident funny enough to spew theater drink through nostrils, he accepts the assignment of babysitting his twin children, age 7, that he didn't know he fathered, while his ex is behind bars for chaining herself to a bulldozer and other social inappropriateness. All that's in the dull part.
The kids Zach & Emily (Ella Bleu Travolta-yes, J.T. real kid) make for the funny, slap-stick, get-your-belly-jiggling-humor because Dan has to move in with the kids with Charlie and neither know how to deal with kids. They try, and thus comes the calamity comedy. Their intern-level marketer employee (Seth Green) also gets into the act and has one of the funniest scenes of the film dealing with an amorous gorilla (not a spoiler since this scene has been used extensively as a marketing preview.)
Summary: It was worth it. It gave my stomach laugh muscles a much needed workout and safe enough for the younger viewers too.
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