Could have been better

Rating: 3/10 (24 May 2016)

I was excited about this movie. A movie that was not all CGI. I like Russel Crowe and Ryan Gosling so I knew they would be good together in a movie. I read the above reviews that gave it glowing reports. Well I must have seen a different movie. The chemistry was great between the two actors and their comedic style was good. I picked up on several problems in the movie. First of all the story and plot were really confusing and really had no connection until somewhat at the end. Just a lot of running around and getting into situations that had nothing to do with the story just so we could have a joke and slapstick comedy. When you thought you might get a payoff in a scene, they chopped it up with so many cuts, the scene fell flat. I did laugh a few times when the scenes worked and we're not cut so fast for so-called action. Ryan Gosling, at times, was just silly and overdoing the gags, like he was trying too hard to be funny. Poor Russell Crowe just kind of went along on the stupid gags. The actress, who played the daughter, was the best part of the movie. Overall, I thought it could have been better without so many cuts to scenes. They could have had longer takes. Oh, it was way too long. Could have been a more concise film. It really dragged about halfway through. I was so disappointed in the movie.