Tightrope

Rating: 6/10 (23 April 2014)

You have to get this thing just right--the mixture of comedy, violence, menace, and absurdity. Red just about gets it right, and I must say I just sat there last night smiling as I waited for the soufflé to collapse.
It didn't, and for that I am grateful, but Red never really takes off either. The cast is obviously having a lot of fun. The adult girls get Bruce Willis and the same demographic of boys get Mary Louise Parker and Helen Mirren.
Nobody has much to do that makes sense, but who cares? Red isn't meant to be art, just fun.
And for the most part, funny.