“As your lawyer, I was thinking we could plead insanity” – Brett
Number of Times Seen – 1 (9 Mar 2014)
Brief Synopsis – A man who’s “donations” fathered 533 kids, must decide whether to conceal his identity from them or try to get to know his “children”.
My Take on it – Vince Vaughn has his winners and his losers and this one falls into that latter category.
This movie tries to be both a comedy and a drama at the same time and doesn’t work well as either.
The only merit this movie has is that it deals with the whole idea of anonymity in a world where information is key and asks the question of whether it is better to keep that information to yourself or to publicize it.
Most of the jokes here fall completely by the way side and just aren’t funny at all.
Waste of time!
Bottom Line – Terrible movie, doesn’t know whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama and just falls flat in every aspects. Complete waste of time.
Rating – Razzie Worthy
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I actually found this film rather enjoyable, shame you didn’t. Check out my review if you’d like! 🙂
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I’ll check it out. Thanks Liam
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I intended to see this when it was released, but didn’t make it happen. I’m in no hurry to change that, after reading this and other negative reviews. If I ever do see it, I hope I like it more than you.
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hope you do too
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I never got around to seeing this because it didn’t look that good, so thank you for confirming my suspicions. It has really been a bad couple of years for Vince Vaughn… this and The Internship and The Watch and The Dilemma! It’s a shame because he can be really hilarious, but I guess everyone goes through a bad patch. Great review!
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This bad patch has lasted way too long for him unfortunately.
I agree that he can be funny, but it’s been a while.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting Jenna!
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See the original version, Starbuck. French film I believe. It’s far better. I avoided this completely when I saw previews. I actually like Vince Vaughn but this one looked like such a dud.
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Hey Tom. Is it really that much better? I think the concept is somewhat lacking so I’m not sure if i’d enjoy it even in a different language.
Thanks for commenting
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No prob. Actually when I said it is “far better” I haven’t actually bothered to see The Delivery Man, so I really can’t compare. I just thought this looked like a much cheaper made version of a premise I thought was actually quite interesting. If you don’t hold the premise in that high of a regard, there’s probably no need to seek out Starbuck but the original version made the concept more legitimate and appealing, IMO.
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Eh. Vince Vaughn is losing his appeal for me. Good review Rob.
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yeah, I’m starting to feel that way too Dan. Thanks for commenting
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Heard this was a bad one, not that I ever got round to seeing it! Good review Rob.
Adam.
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yep, I say stay away Adam!
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Great review. Definitely not something I am interested in seeing!
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