A classic of Christmas period: those movies about a group vacation with bad acting, some nudity, few raunchy laughs and brain damage. Here instead luckily we had something very well produced, with good acting, scenographies and cinematography, but the overall result doesn't reach the threshold of something truly enjoyable.
Watched the italian dubbed version and the text delivery is on average not convincing. Too heavy and unnatural, exaggerates systematically what is supposed to be comic into grotesque.
There is potential for brilliancy here and there in the script, and chances for great laughs. In each storyline actually. But every single one of them doesn't realize its potential. Doesn't have a proper memorable conclusion. Prefers indulging in the grotesque and the dumb instead of looking for what could be funny or unique. And still even the grotesque isn't grotesque enough to become a classic.
Then someone thought it was too long and must have cut 1 hour. Or they didn't even shoot some scenes to save money. The result is a forgettable and weak 1:40:00 movie.
You'll remember "Four rooms": well, forget it. Despite almost 30 years older, it still feels much fresher, daring and funny.
Waste of talent and of a potential good subject.
Watched the italian dubbed version and the text delivery is on average not convincing. Too heavy and unnatural, exaggerates systematically what is supposed to be comic into grotesque.
There is potential for brilliancy here and there in the script, and chances for great laughs. In each storyline actually. But every single one of them doesn't realize its potential. Doesn't have a proper memorable conclusion. Prefers indulging in the grotesque and the dumb instead of looking for what could be funny or unique. And still even the grotesque isn't grotesque enough to become a classic.
Then someone thought it was too long and must have cut 1 hour. Or they didn't even shoot some scenes to save money. The result is a forgettable and weak 1:40:00 movie.
You'll remember "Four rooms": well, forget it. Despite almost 30 years older, it still feels much fresher, daring and funny.
Waste of talent and of a potential good subject.