Rogen Ruins It

Rating: Null/10 (21 October 2011)

What could have been a low-key, extra-special slice of life story (featuring as it does a extra-special performance by the always extra-special JGL)is ruined by the unbelievable and crass performance of Seth Rogen who destroys any believability or good-will the story has built up every time he appears on screen. Movie-makers have got to realize a little bit of this fat-friend-with-the-dirty-mind-and-mouth-to-match goes a long way. Rogen has out-stripped his meager talents and worn out his welcome by now, and throwing such a putrid character in such a heart-warming story is a major mistake. Everyone else plays it on a realistic level - Anna Kendrick is wonderful as the therapist-in-training, and Anjelica Houston - well, what can I say? Joseph Gordon-Levitt positively lights up the screen every time he appears, but all too often he appears with the woefully charisma-challenged Rogen and, well, the movie and JGL's performance suffer accordingly.