No Show at the Box Office

Rating: 4/10 (16 December 2013)

This is more of a prediction than a classic review. Regardless of performance or cleverness during very few very fleeting, transitory moments – this film will disappoint at the box office. Here is why. It will disappoint the viewer. Tell me where the uniqueness of this story is? Tell me how you saddle Kristen Wiig with a zero role, hiding her substantial talent behind a brick wall of nothingness. Why was Stiller cast instead of, for example, Steve Carell, who would have knocked it out of the park, even with this severely flawed role. A script that does not know what it is. A remake that does nothing to move the celebration of the original James Thurber work forward by one inch. It is basically a glorified "Join the military and see the world" one minute commercial – without the military - but with better, more expensive visual effects. WARNING: you will never get those 114 minutes back. Throw them away at your own risk.