Estelle Chisholm

This movie had a cute idea—- first “date”, then innocent comment by a pal taken out of context by Bea. Ben thought initially Bea got up and left with no word. She did go back for the good- by & then heard to verbal slap thinking Ben thought very little of her. From there the story line descends into garbage. Story could have continued in a cute and funny way, but the dialogue could have had a less mass of lewd and rudeness in the script. Having the lesbian wedding and gushing parents who were portrayed as dim-witted and clueless was a slap on adult parents. Granted “Ben”is very handsome and “Bea” has a fabulous body,( the “bathing suits” particularly on Ben’s ex. were pathetically tiny. She could have been topless but that would have to be rated accordingly!), but that is not enough to carry the story. When we cringed hearing more mindless speeches, crude innuendo, etc., after the swimming and beach portion, we turned Netflix off. When will writers, producers and directors learn that this sort of predictable smutty language and practically nude scenes in movies is NOT funny except to to those who think this stuff is hilarious and enjoy being tintillated? Maybe more than I realize, I guess!!

The plot of the movie was far- fetched but, hey!! —- this is Hollywood and anything goes for a laugh. We (hubby and I ) did not know what to expect as we selected movies from our Netflix choices, so we figured to see what it was all about. After about 10 minutes into the film, we thought the language was overdone with every other word throwing out the “f- bomb” and any other vulgarity one can use in today's classy culture. Yes, we sat through it’s cringeworthyness to see how this nonsense would play out. We were not surprised or disappointed. Not being too familiar with Seth Rogan, we found him repulsive, slimy and not funny at all in his portrayal as a writer. Does it really take bathroom jokes to produce a comedy? Charlize Theron stooped pretty low to play a presidential wannabe by reverting to more vulgarities and behind- the- door bedroom sexual encounters with her former baby- sitter. (By the way, there was only 3 years difference between the 2 actors. Does a 13 year old kid really need a babysitter, especially a pretty young girl?) She should continue playing the Golden goddess symbol for a fragrance company during the holidays! It was a waste of 2+ hours of time and yes, we could have stopped watching and go back to binging on CHEERS. With quality dead and buried in some of the newer productions that cater to those who like cheesy movies such as LONG SHOT, we shall review TV movies before we watch anything again. We gave this 2 stars- for effort.