Sexist and without charm

Rating: 4/10 (21 November 2019)

I'll pretty much watch Steve Carrell in anything, but this was creepy in several ways, starting with the lounge lizard (Ryan Gosling) being the wise guru and effortlessly bedding woman after woman (sorry, I don't care what his abs look like). The script lacks charm, and it's a waste of a lot of interesting actors (Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei). There's also one crazy, stupid plot twist you might say. The 13 year old and 17 year old characters are in there in a way that's far more disturbing than authentic, especially that gift of the nude photos that was absolutely god awful. Overall the film was so sexist that I felt like I needed a shower afterwards.