Octopus & Scrabble

Rating: 4/10 (27 October 2014)

This movie is neither as good or bad as the reviews are making out.. until half way i was thinking 'yeah this could be a really good movie' and then things go a bit wrong. the 2nd half was getting quite a few laughs in places it didn't really seem to want them, people laughing at the movie, not with it.
Ben Affleck really isn't a good actor, i don't know why there's still any debate about this or why he gets jobs like this. Light comedy maybe, but darker stuff like this he can't really carry. The tone of this movie was weird, it didn't really commit to a particular genre?
Plot wise it's all over the place, i don't really care about plot though. But these characters make so little sense it starts to ruin immersion?
Technically good throughout and the first half is pretty strong so it's not a complete dud, but i wouldn't recommend either. Doesn't come close to Fight Club.