Great acting and ideas let down by safe conclusion

Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2019)

Will Ferrel is excellent as the protagonist of the story, with solid performances all round. The film works perfectly right until the end, when ironically, like the book of which Ferrel is a part of, the story takes the safe option to give a "happy" ending. For me this ruins all previous character building and plot arcs leading to the pivotal moment as Ferrel accepts what must happen, only for a pocket-watch-ex-machina to ruin the great and highly emotional build up.