The tagline of this movie is "If you dont laugh, you'll cry". I guarantee you, I did neither of those things. This film is so mediocre in every way. Dianna Agron and Dustin Hoffman genuinely try with the material they have. But the rest of the acting is subpar. The writing is awful. Just really awkward dialogue. And it's not particularly funny or poignant. There is nothing about the directing or camera work. If anything Mayim lingers too long on certain scenes. It honestly feels like I watched a bad community play. I remember checking the timestamp during the movie to see how much time was left...and I was only 19 min in. 19 MIN!!!!!!!!
I think the concept was good. And Im totally fine with the messaging that sometimes families are complicated. And you have complicated feelings where you still love and respect them but they can also be toxic. But the movie does a very surface level job of exploring that. And the parents (especially Candice's character) seem to just get away with it. You never have a moment where they address their wrong doings. Dianna's character Abby hasnt really learned or grown by the end either.
I was interested in watching the film since its Mayim's directorial debut but I feel like this movie ONLY got made because of Mayim's name and not because of some impeccable talent. This movie is a skip for sure.
I think the concept was good. And Im totally fine with the messaging that sometimes families are complicated. And you have complicated feelings where you still love and respect them but they can also be toxic. But the movie does a very surface level job of exploring that. And the parents (especially Candice's character) seem to just get away with it. You never have a moment where they address their wrong doings. Dianna's character Abby hasnt really learned or grown by the end either.
I was interested in watching the film since its Mayim's directorial debut but I feel like this movie ONLY got made because of Mayim's name and not because of some impeccable talent. This movie is a skip for sure.