I was on an indie kick yesterday so I thought I'd give it a shot b/c it had some people in it that I had heard of. But what a stinker of a story. I am surprised I made it through the whole thing. I'm not going to give you a synopsis of the film. I'm just going to tell about the parts that were awful. You're already here on IMDb, so you'll probably already know a little bit about the film before reading my review.
The film starts badly, has the two main characters sitting on the couch, improvising some very unfunny stuff that goes on way too long. Then the second scene, outside of a club, was very good. So I thought "Okay, this will get better once the video game gets stolen." Then that was followed by a scene at a coffee shop where "Will" meets "Sophia" for the first time.
For some reason, after several minutes of flirting badly, Will follows Sophie out to the back alley to help her with the garbage. No employee would ever let this happen. Especially a female employee. Alleys aren't the safest place for women. Also, since Will doesn't work there he's probably not on their insurance, so it's an unnecessary liability for him to "help" with anything. After he throws garbage at her...instead of getting mad she thinks it's "super funny" and they have a garbage bag fight. *sigh*
In typical Rom-com fashion we later find out that "Sophia" is dating "Keith" who (is supposed to be a "douche bag" lawyer type) is "Will's" long time friend. "Keith" and "Sophie" have been dating for 3 years, but apparently "Will" did not know about this. They were supposed to be friends, right? Didn't hang out once in the past 3 years? Just a poorly written oversight I suppose. One of many.
And the "douche bag" lawyer (Keith) was actually not a douche bag at all. They kept trying to make him one but he was just coming off as kind of nice. I feel they purposely tried to made him worse in the 3rd act to make up for the fact that they had done a horrible job at making him unlikable for the first 2/3rds of the movie. But honestly, all he came off as was a hard worker.
If anyone was the "douche bag" it was "Will" for continuing to pursue "Sophie" once he knew she was dating his "douche bag" lawyer friend. And to miss meetings with the lawyer to hang out with the lawyer's girlfriend was an awful thing to do. And we're supposed to root for this guy? He's an awful human being. Hard to get into a movie when you dislike the lead. (the un-likability is in the writing, not the actor who played the character. It's not his fault this was so poorly written).
Also, if "Sophie" has a boyfriend, why is she calling "Will" all the time to hang out? How would she feel if "Keith" became friends "Sophie's" hot roommate and hung out with her all the time? Oh wait, "Keith" couldn't do that b/c he's working all the time so he can PAY for everything. What a "douche bag".
This is without a doubt one of the worst screenplays ever written. I have no idea how this got green lit, got funded, got names attached. Any of the "names" reading this script should have passed on it immediately.
The film starts badly, has the two main characters sitting on the couch, improvising some very unfunny stuff that goes on way too long. Then the second scene, outside of a club, was very good. So I thought "Okay, this will get better once the video game gets stolen." Then that was followed by a scene at a coffee shop where "Will" meets "Sophia" for the first time.
For some reason, after several minutes of flirting badly, Will follows Sophie out to the back alley to help her with the garbage. No employee would ever let this happen. Especially a female employee. Alleys aren't the safest place for women. Also, since Will doesn't work there he's probably not on their insurance, so it's an unnecessary liability for him to "help" with anything. After he throws garbage at her...instead of getting mad she thinks it's "super funny" and they have a garbage bag fight. *sigh*
In typical Rom-com fashion we later find out that "Sophia" is dating "Keith" who (is supposed to be a "douche bag" lawyer type) is "Will's" long time friend. "Keith" and "Sophie" have been dating for 3 years, but apparently "Will" did not know about this. They were supposed to be friends, right? Didn't hang out once in the past 3 years? Just a poorly written oversight I suppose. One of many.
And the "douche bag" lawyer (Keith) was actually not a douche bag at all. They kept trying to make him one but he was just coming off as kind of nice. I feel they purposely tried to made him worse in the 3rd act to make up for the fact that they had done a horrible job at making him unlikable for the first 2/3rds of the movie. But honestly, all he came off as was a hard worker.
If anyone was the "douche bag" it was "Will" for continuing to pursue "Sophie" once he knew she was dating his "douche bag" lawyer friend. And to miss meetings with the lawyer to hang out with the lawyer's girlfriend was an awful thing to do. And we're supposed to root for this guy? He's an awful human being. Hard to get into a movie when you dislike the lead. (the un-likability is in the writing, not the actor who played the character. It's not his fault this was so poorly written).
Also, if "Sophie" has a boyfriend, why is she calling "Will" all the time to hang out? How would she feel if "Keith" became friends "Sophie's" hot roommate and hung out with her all the time? Oh wait, "Keith" couldn't do that b/c he's working all the time so he can PAY for everything. What a "douche bag".
This is without a doubt one of the worst screenplays ever written. I have no idea how this got green lit, got funded, got names attached. Any of the "names" reading this script should have passed on it immediately.