a 'nice' film

Rating: 6/10 (10 December 2013)

I enjoyed the film, it works well as a 'feel good film', some of the scenery is great and there are some fantastic shots. The soundtrack is fantastic and is an important part of the emotion that comes from the film. The plot itself is, however, a little bland, a lot is predictable and the characters are all pretty dull. The message of the film is a good one, 'get out there and see the world - don't spend your whole life working etc etc' - something like that, but it's sort of ruined by the underlying 'do it so you can get a girlfriend' and that throughout the film all of the amazing things that Walter does are mostly just to impress some coworker that he fancies, not to help himself. It's a bit of a soppy film really, and for the amount of the film that is just about Ben Stiller's character, Walter, you'd of thought that you might become a bit more attached to his character, but i never did. Finally, another running joke in the film was Todd from the online dating website, which was very mildly amusing but i felt that it actually ruined some of the more magnificent moments - the same way a phone call ruins a good film (I'm not sure if it was meant to be ironic or not). I wouldn't go and see it again, nor would i strongly recommend it to anyone - unless they're looking for an easy feel good film. I'd of preferred it without the comic relief scattered throughout, and maybe without the 'romantic' aspect - for a man so fed up with everything he shouldn't need a girl full of cheesy sayings to push him out into the world.
fin.