Good concept - Stupid story

Rating: 5/10 (2 January 2007)

As seen many times, a great concept can go wrong or it can turn stupid-- so stupid, it's hard to believe that even "losers" or "dysfunctional" could lack any level of common sense and intelligence. Being funny does not require stupidity unless you're writing Dumb & Dumber. Good writing is creating funny situations, but NOT at the cost of creating stupid characters and story. This film, like many other critically acclaimed smart movie, gets worse by the minute. I love the cast in general, but the characters they play are unconvincing, simply by being so oblivious to the expected "norm". Usually, parents know what kind of act their kid is going to perform before the actual contest-- a teen knows if color-blind way before the age of 16-- you don't tell a cop NOT to look where-- a suicidal can't cope so normal right after a suicide attempt-- and so on & on & on... I was so looking forward to see it, but-- a HUGE disappointment.