What were they thinking?! And to think that A-listers like them turned down other, worthy films to make this stinker! Conspiracy theories could easily tell you that they chose this film as mandatory humiliation ritual that they're forced to participate in, every few years or something. Well the agony that is watching this film is enough to turn anyone into a conspiracy theorist, in that case
The movie started off sort of okay, and rapidly went downhill. This came on HBO right after the Heartbreakers which was at 10/10 extremely funny comedy. I turned this off after some 20 excruciating minutes. I have watched films like this recently from the same era and they're just one worse than the previous.
Pierce Brosnan is overacting, unfunny, trying too hard, looking decrepit and just all around old and out of the loop. His miserable performance here shows that he is but a shadow of his former self, the classy suave dude in Remington Steele.
Jessica Alba playing a young 20-some year old but was already 32 when she made this and it shows. She is unfunny and, at best, a waste of time.
Even worse is Selma Hayek, trying to act funny with her insipid performance of a pathetic character who gets cheated on. Whatsoever possessed her to accept this role?! The woman can't act!! At least not in a comedy! Jennifer Lopez would have been a lot better but I can see why she turned it down.
The story is bad, the writing is terrible with a lot of f-bombs being dropped right and left; a potty mouth and bathroom humor never works when one cannot act comedy, especially from this type of actors: they all look like old farts trying to sound cool. Betty White they are not.
I'd like to remind everybody that a review is *your opinion only* and not the place to post a recap of what's going on in the film: we have the synopsis page for that! Also, your rating should reflect *your enjoyment* (or lack thereof of it) and nothing more and certainly not what you think the movie should be worth as cinematic achievement when compared to Shakespeare. (Really tired of reading glowing reviews on here, along with her low rating: what is up with that?!) Either way this is a double stinker, in this case.
1/10 and I am tremendously glad I had the presence of mind to change the channel before watching one more minute of this pathetic flop of a film.
The movie started off sort of okay, and rapidly went downhill. This came on HBO right after the Heartbreakers which was at 10/10 extremely funny comedy. I turned this off after some 20 excruciating minutes. I have watched films like this recently from the same era and they're just one worse than the previous.
Pierce Brosnan is overacting, unfunny, trying too hard, looking decrepit and just all around old and out of the loop. His miserable performance here shows that he is but a shadow of his former self, the classy suave dude in Remington Steele.
Jessica Alba playing a young 20-some year old but was already 32 when she made this and it shows. She is unfunny and, at best, a waste of time.
Even worse is Selma Hayek, trying to act funny with her insipid performance of a pathetic character who gets cheated on. Whatsoever possessed her to accept this role?! The woman can't act!! At least not in a comedy! Jennifer Lopez would have been a lot better but I can see why she turned it down.
The story is bad, the writing is terrible with a lot of f-bombs being dropped right and left; a potty mouth and bathroom humor never works when one cannot act comedy, especially from this type of actors: they all look like old farts trying to sound cool. Betty White they are not.
I'd like to remind everybody that a review is *your opinion only* and not the place to post a recap of what's going on in the film: we have the synopsis page for that! Also, your rating should reflect *your enjoyment* (or lack thereof of it) and nothing more and certainly not what you think the movie should be worth as cinematic achievement when compared to Shakespeare. (Really tired of reading glowing reviews on here, along with her low rating: what is up with that?!) Either way this is a double stinker, in this case.
1/10 and I am tremendously glad I had the presence of mind to change the channel before watching one more minute of this pathetic flop of a film.