Dreadfully Boring

Rating: 1/10 (20 January 2014)

There are 2 films I have wanted to walk out of the cinema when watching: 1 is some cr*p with Will Ferrell and a basketball team (that I can't remember the name of), and the other was this. At least 4 people had the good sense to leave after 25 minutes, I wish I had followed them; or at least fallen asleep, like the guy behind me that was snoring his head off. However I feared that eventually something would actually happen, unfortunately these fears were unfounded.....
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENED.
I have been an IMDb reader for sometime but I am so passionate to raise my views about this movie I have had to register so I can place my review.
Why this is being considered for 10 Oscars, I have no idea. The story was unengaging and I didn't care about any of the characters apart from maybe the Mayor, who looked weird.
I was lulled into a false sense of excitement when Robert De Niro appeared, but alas this was an extremely brief cameo.
The critics seem to love this film, I can only imagine because of the improvisation elements....well, some of the best ideas are old ones. A well plotted storyline and well scripted dialogue cannot be outdone by a bunch of "up-their-own-ar*e" movie-makers trying to be clever.
In fact, as the saying goes....it's not big and it's not clever!!....well it's big I suppose but I am the one feeling stupid for spending cash on this codswallop.