Dysfunctional movie

Rating: Null/10 (4 September 2011)

This movie is not about a dysfunctional family, it's a movie about a dysfunctional movie. During the film I got more and more disconnected from it. There were too large discrepancies in the acting performances to really make it swing for me. Wahlbergs lack of emotional range, which is zilch, contrasting with Bales range which is all over the place made the characters seem to live in different universes. With the two main characters acting against a very cartoonish backdrop in the shape of a supposed to be white trash family the movie fails to engage. I mean, what's the deal with the sisters? They look like they were dressed up for a hen party. No credibility at all. With such a baseline there are no saving graces for this movie. Discussing footage, storyline etc is irrelevant with these flaws in mind. Maybe there was a good story in there, maybe the footage was fine, we will never know. I