Pointless and flawed

Rating: 5/10 (11 November 2019)

The character of Dustin Hoffman is not interesting. He is a slightly autistic person that seems completely empty and has no motivation to do anything. He doesn't even enjoy his love affair. Moreover, his character is inconsistent, and this is in part due to the fact that the writers wanted to make him so awkward that they could put him in endless funny situations. But the problem arises: at times he is very perceptive and shows good intuition and social skills, yet at times he acts like he is not merely autistic, but outright dumb. I never bought or liked his character, and since the whole film is told from that character's perspective, it spoils all the fun. Now, the film has interesting moments, but on the whole it comes across as a failure. I just couldn't bring myself to care about characters that don't seem to care about anything.