A movie with great promise falls short due to fractured plot

Rating: 2/10 (6 January 2014)

This is certainly a movie with great promise that falls apart due to a rather incoherent and disjointed plot. The basic elements of film making seemed to have been ignored by its producers. As a result, the movie can easily lose its audience in the first 40 minutes. The movie is another example that the sum of its parts does not lead to a complete piece of art. I am even surprised that it has done well financially, perhaps due to its cast. Furthermore, its underlying themes do not make it a good family movie. Too much time is wasted on trivial pseudo-funny scenes that seemed to have been borrowed from a mediocre sitcom.
In summary, the storyline could have been handled better by savvy production designers.