A Love Letter to Ryan Reynolds From Ryan Reynolds

Rating: 1/10 (21 September 2017)

I do not honestly see what is to like about this movie. As a comic book fan and open to the occasional comic-based movie, I was absolutely disgusted with this one. I do not understand how this tired film even was considered for the Golden Globes. It just boggles my mind entirely. Granted Ryan Reynolds is supposed to be comedy relief in most of his movies, he failed to come up to that level in this one. When I was forced to watch this by my older brother, he loved it...as did his own 13-year-old daughter. For the record, with the amount of strong language and violence in this movie (and I usually have no problem with violence or language in a movie, particularly R-rated ones), I wouldn't have allowed her to see it even with parental supervision.
The way I see it, Ryan was just phoning it in on this one. I am partial to the occasional breaking of the fourth wall with an actor/actress addressing the audience, but this was absolutely ridiculous. If he wasn't in literally every single scene, he was addressing the audience. There were so many inappropriate jokes in here (even for my liking) that it would have driven a high school boy into a frenzy. And let's not forget the channeling of Ferris Bueller in the very end. That was entirely unnecessary.
I had such a hard time watching this movie that it was amazing that I did. Probably the best word to describe this waste is "juvenile," if that much. It was the worst two hours of my life that I can't get back. I have seen many comic-based movies in my time, but this one was probably the worst. Do not sit down and watch this. You will get a headache and/or feel nauseous.