Semi-decent comedy, good lesson

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2014)

I was expecting Adam Sandler's answer to Bruce Almighty, but with more fart and sex jokes, à la Sandler. It was sort of what I got, but in an unexpected package.
As a comedy the film is only semi-decent. It has good jokes here and there, okay characters and fine enough actors. It's no laugh-fest though. You really see where the moral of the story is taking you, and you hope for as many good jokes as possible along the ride.
But the moral of the story suddenly becomes the story. Suddenly the moral takes over, and the comedy takes the back seat. Suddenly, at least I got emotional. Suddenly I felt a clearer vision of what's important in my life.
Maybe you have to be at the right point in your life to appreciate what the movie actually teaches. To teenagers it might be wasted, and to elderlies it might just be lessons already learned. But all of us in the middle, balancing life and work, love and career – it might just be the wakeup call we need.
If you are in the middle and don't mind Adam Sandler – give this one a chance!