The trailer for this looked great: lively, funny and full of cool action. And, it had an Asian superhero for once, and not super-tropey. But, it's nothing like the trailer. The story was long and rather boring, probably re-written by multiple "collaborative partners" so many times they forgot where it started. And the characters were poorly written, particularly the main, who seemed thin and lacking charisma, and the sister who seemed vacuous, and the fact there was no deep connection between them in the end, or the mother who was likewise thin. Only the father had any depth, but why didn't the others, especially when this was a story about Family and they had over two hours? Over two hours?!
Waste of good actors. As for the rest, like Awkwafina, all her good lines are in the trailers. There's no other comedy from her; just from Ben Kingsley, who is pretty damn good. He and the little creature were quite entertaining. And that's sad. They only have a few minutes on screen.
Watch it for the bus scene in the first 30 minutes then turn it off.
Waste of good actors. As for the rest, like Awkwafina, all her good lines are in the trailers. There's no other comedy from her; just from Ben Kingsley, who is pretty damn good. He and the little creature were quite entertaining. And that's sad. They only have a few minutes on screen.
Watch it for the bus scene in the first 30 minutes then turn it off.