Unbearably dull

Rating: 4/10 (17 April 2013)

I was expecting to like this film sadly my hopes were dashed pretty early on. The film started badly and just kept on going down and down. This is without doubt one of the most tedious films I have ever seen and I can only congratulate myself on sitting through the whole two hours.
I am struggling to see what this film was trying to be. Drama? Nope there wasn't any. Comedy? Nope not a chuckle to be had. Romance? I suppose you could make a half hearted argument for that one but watching two unlikeable characters fall in love is hardly romantic.
This film was just two hours of inane and boring dialogue. The acting was weak, I find it incredible that the charmless, expressionless and limited Jennifer Lawrence actually won an Oscar for this. Surely one of the biggest travesties in Oscar history. Bradley Cooper was just plain annoying and even Robert De Niro could do nothing to save this turkey although he is by some distance the best thing about this film.
There really is not one aspect of this film I enjoyed and it's rare I can say that about any film. Unbelievably bad.