Mediocre writing (and that's me being generous), painfully bad acting (though I do give Pattinson a bit of credit - I'd say he was the best actor of the cast, unfortunately the character he played was extremely dull and not funny), no real plot development and a sad excuse for an ending. The only reason I kept watching was because I was hoping the movie would redeem itself by at least concluding nicely. Instead, after watching Art (Pattinson) search for answers for an hour and ten minutes of film, the story skips ahead to a month later when he is perfectly fine (in fact, the movie ends with Art singing a song titled 'I'm doing fine'). The audience never sees Art find his answers, they are just exposed to the painful 'before' and the mediocre 'after'.
Do yourself a favor: don't watch this movie. I guess I'm sounding a bit harsh, the movie had five or six good moments. I even chuckled once or twice. It called itself a comedy, and boy, did it ever try hard to be one. There were just too many moments when it looked like it was trying too hard. Instead of funny, it came across as pathetic.
So here I am feeling as though I wasted eight dollars and eighty-three minutes. You should know (and if you know me, you DO know), I am a huge fun of Robert Pattinson. But I'm starting to question the grounds on which I base this approval. I thought he showed acting potential in Twilight, though I did not actually feel he did his best in the first or second movie of the saga and now I see him in this. What exactly am I basing my opinions on? Maybe it's just the feeling I get in the pit of my stomach. The 'that guy has the makings of a great actor' feeling.
It really hurts to know that I'll never get those eighty-three minutes back.
Keep it real!
