a vacation film for the actors, an enormous waste of time for the viewers

Rating: 4/10 (6 August 2011)

There should be moral prohibitions against making films that have no consequence for its viewers whatever, and especially against films serving as vehicles for "having fun" or providing set-therapy for its more senior or notable actors (i.e., Spacey). There were a few forced laughs, but the characters and scenes were weak in every respect--there is nothing to care for in these characters, in the plot, nor in the design of the film; it's essentially a romper-room for grown men behaving like mindless teenagers, with a plot that bears only superficial relation to probable frustrations and how we might confront them (even comedies deserve some element of realism).
It's these types of films that make me think: "If only we could take all the money that went into this film--both during its making and from its profits--and divert it to humanitarian aid." That's not an economically sound way to think about distribution of wealth, but it's still worth pondering, all the same.