For a start I should probably say that I'm most likely not the aimed audience for this title, which makes my rating at least difficult.
Nevertheless, I believe there are good children or teen movies for grown ups as well, so I'll give it a go. In the beginning I was really afraid that my worst predictions come true when I saw all the stereotypes collapsing. Indeed, the movie follows a quite common story line that is poor of surprises for people above a certain age. I do think that it has an important message to tell, but it doesn't stand out compared to other titles of this genre. While some of the running gags are so much over the top that they worked surprisingly well for me, others were just over the top. I developed kind of a sympathy for the main characters but especially the sidekicks at times reminded me of comic books, being very one-dimensional.
It's popcorn cinema, you can watch it without really getting bored but all in all you could have created a much more lasting movie around the basic message. 4/10 from me, under the condition that it wasn't perhaps produced for me.
Nevertheless, I believe there are good children or teen movies for grown ups as well, so I'll give it a go. In the beginning I was really afraid that my worst predictions come true when I saw all the stereotypes collapsing. Indeed, the movie follows a quite common story line that is poor of surprises for people above a certain age. I do think that it has an important message to tell, but it doesn't stand out compared to other titles of this genre. While some of the running gags are so much over the top that they worked surprisingly well for me, others were just over the top. I developed kind of a sympathy for the main characters but especially the sidekicks at times reminded me of comic books, being very one-dimensional.
It's popcorn cinema, you can watch it without really getting bored but all in all you could have created a much more lasting movie around the basic message. 4/10 from me, under the condition that it wasn't perhaps produced for me.