Much to Enjoy, Some Slow Spots

Rating: 7/10 (8 January 2014)

The movie was more than I expected, i.e., it is not just a comedy (like so much of Stiller's stuff), it makes you think, reassess, reflect and reevaluate. It made me wonder if parts of my own life had perhaps been important to someone else even though those same experiences many times seemed humdrum and tedious to me.
The photography is outstanding, the scenery breathtaking, and the music stirring. The acting is good or better, the dialogue is entertaining albeit sometimes plodding or even totally missing altogether.
Parts of the plot didn't fit too well together, maybe even disjointed (yes, I know it's a farce), and for some unexplained reason the movie was occasionally slow for no real good reason, worse still it happened when there wasn't much else to even look at.
Overall a pleasant way to spend two hours.