Settles for bland mediocrity, drowning its musical dreams and emotional ambitions in clichés, strained performances, and a dispiriting lack of inspiration.
Settles for bland mediocrity, drowning its musical dreams and emotional ambitions in clichés, strained performances, and a dispiriting lack of inspiration.
Comic-literate nerds are going to salivate for the cameos and fight sequences, but overall this is an unfunny, disappointing movie.
The film aims for realism in its depiction of a mental health crisis that’s tearing a family apart, but Zeller’s style leans too heavily on in-your-face aggressiveness and melodrama.
Shoves myriad genres into a too-bloated film that flounders and goes nowhere.
A decent movie with a good story that was inspired by true events, just don’t ask me to have any sympathy towards these privileged sociopaths.
A cut above typical family-friendly entertainment because it’s brainy in a way that will please both adults as well as kids.