Turn up the cheese-o-meter....

Rating: 2/10 (11 July 2014)

This review is from an adult perspective. Perhaps children 12 and under love this movie, and that's why it's rated so highly. I don't know. All I can tell you is that I was bored out of my mind. It's about an old guy who has told tall-tales about his life. So as he nears his end, he re-tells some of these stories to various people. So we get to see him in these fanciful situations, with fantasy special effects. Big fish, witches, stuff like that. The first story or 2 is so-so. But by the middle of the film, when he's talking about how he met his future wife, I got so bored I could hardly stand it. Long-winded, total cheese, total pie-in-the-sky over-the-top cheese. It was so bad that it really detracted from any character development. Because there was nothing else to the story. Just an old guy who told crazy stories. That's it. And that's all he does. Nothing else. The net effect is total boredom. I was waiting for something touching or heartwarming to happen, but it never did. Pointless.