Darren Umbsaar

An absolute waste of time. The film is a nothing-burger. The lack of intriguing incidents, and the utterly bland and cringy character interactions left me begging for the film to end as soon as possible. You'll laugh maybe once or twice, but good luck feeling even an ounce of interest in anyone in the cast.

Firstly, I applaud the writers for their boldness and imagination. The way they pushed everyday, awkward interactions to the most ridiculous and stupid extremes made many sketches both hilarious and relatable. The problem is, it only worked some of the time. Unfortunately, I felt that roughly half of the sketches relied mostly on their utter weirdness to carry them through, and I often found myself cringing in disappointment by the abrupt and unresolved endings. Many of the sketches held my interest more out of novelty and curiosity than anything else; an unexpected ending is often a good thing in comedy, but it should at least be relevant and reward the viewer for paying attention to the first half! Now that I know how the sketches end, I think a second watch of this show would be quite arduous, and many sketches would be insta-skips. Don't get me wrong, there's a handful of gems here, for sure, but they are hit and miss. Worth a watch if you're in a mood for awkwardness, absurdity and lots of unhinged shrieking, though!

The film is needlessly long and the whole mystery plot line is dull. I just couldn’t find a reason to care about Michael, nor could I sense his motivation. At least the girl with the dragon tattoo had some history and experience to motivate her but overall I felt character development was practically non-existent, and the plot line had almost no intrigue. Random and pointless sex scenes detracted from the believability of the main characters too. I also got tired of watching Michael poring over old photos of characters for 80% of the film.. why is this movie over 2.5 hours if forcing the audience to look at blurry old photos of uninteresting background characters is the best story-telling device the director can offer? Just when the climax feels like it’s amping up, everything loosens and the tension is lost. The ending was bizarre and poorly handled.