waydowntown (2002)
Okay, so this Canadian comedy looked promising. Almost immediately, I was confronted with a problem -- the actors aren't very good. This wouldn't really be that big of a problem, actually, except the direction was also dull and occasionally downright lousy. This wouldn't have been that big a problem if the film had at least an interesting visual look, but the ugly, muddy DV made the film painful to watch. This really wouldn't have been that big a deal if the film had at least been thematically interesting, but it's terminally unfocused and ultimately pointless. This wouldn't have bothered me if the characters had at least been worth spending time with, but they were all jerks and assholes. (Only the indispensible Don McKellar escapes unharmed.) Of course, none of the above would have been worth a fig if the film had been, you know, funny. It's not.
Grade: C-
Okay, so this Canadian comedy looked promising. Almost immediately, I was confronted with a problem -- the actors aren't very good. This wouldn't really be that big of a problem, actually, except the direction was also dull and occasionally downright lousy. This wouldn't have been that big a problem if the film had at least an interesting visual look, but the ugly, muddy DV made the film painful to watch. This really wouldn't have been that big a deal if the film had at least been thematically interesting, but it's terminally unfocused and ultimately pointless. This wouldn't have bothered me if the characters had at least been worth spending time with, but they were all jerks and assholes. (Only the indispensible Don McKellar escapes unharmed.) Of course, none of the above would have been worth a fig if the film had been, you know, funny. It's not.
Grade: C-
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