Dinner for Schmucks

2010 - 1.2/5

-The mouse intro was cool. I thought the “Mouse’ter-Pieces” were cute.

-Steve Carell’s character, Barry was pretty much if Murphy’s Law was a person. Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. And this made the movie a little bit more unique and different from others.

-Paul Rudd has such natural talent with this type of character, but it seemed a bit wasted in this movie. He was the perfect actor for this role, but it wasn’t his best.

-I didn’t know that Zack Galifianakis was in this movie. I think he complimented Steve Carell’s character a lot.

-I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought, but that doesn’t mean that it was good.

-I, in all honesty thought that this would be a terrible movie, but like I said, I enjoyed it. I got a few laughs out of it and I didn’t think it was a waste of time.

Jeff, Who Lives At Home

2011 - 0.5/5

I really don’t know what to make of this movie. It wasn’t bad or anything, but it wasn’t good either. I am going to make the assumption that this was an independent flick, and for what it was, it was fine, but I don’t think it added anything to what already exists.

I had no idea this movie existed until I saw it on Netflix. The only reason I decided to watch this movie was because Jason Segel was in it, and I like Ed Helms too – had no idea Susan Sarandon was in it (the actors/actresses were the only reason I gave this movie a 0.5 instead of a 0). The relationship between JS and EH did seem genuine so I bought that they were brothers. I think everyone did a good job as the characters they were supposed to be, but like the plot, there wasn’t much to it.

The one thing that made it lose a couple points in my books was the odd camera work. It could have gone without the random close-ups. I don’t think I’d recommend people watch this movie unless they’re in the mood for a melodramatic film, and even then, it really wasn’t something mention-worthy.