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My only problem

posted 3 years ago by Snoopy828 (517)
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Honestly I thought I was gonna hate this. But I gotta be honest there was just something about this that really got me. Hooked me in. Yes the tone was all over the place. Yes it was a little far fetched. I can't put my finger on it, but it worked for me as ridiculous as it was at times. I also really liked the ending (because it wasn't the Hollywood clichéd ending)

My only real complaint was Bo Burnham as Ryan. I've never seen him in anything else but I thought he was kinda terrible. Very awkward, very unnatural line delivery, especially next to Mulligan who knocked it out of the park. It's like the actor was playing into the fact that he was gonna get found out later in the film. Like a boxer telegraphing his punches. I guessed that twist very early on, primarily due to the actors choices.

IDK. Maybe I'm alone. But I would have had Adam Brody play Ryan and Bo Burnham play the opening guy. I think Brody could have done better with Ryan. Just my two cents. Feel free to discuss, disagree, or yell if you must.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

if the feminist are mad about the movie then it must have done something right

[–] Shannon (17) 3 years ago

Having found the premise and execution contrived and silly, it's hard for me distinguish between bad writing and bad acting. Maybe Ryan sensed he was interested in a hard person devoid of personality and struggled with that implausible interest. Their conversations were immature, jokes were childishly sexual. What adults tell dick and vagina jokes, ever, let alone on a 1st date? I can't believe he would pursue her after she coldly spit in his coffee, and am even more puzzled that he would continue after witnessing her drunk hooker impersonation. In any case, he never seemed like a competent doctor with the intelligence to graduate medical school, let alone practice. And that idiotic dinner conversation. Mom doesn't understand pediatrics and Ryan respond meaningfully about his profession. And that's just Ryan. Ever single character was immensely unlikable and unbelievable. Good God, that was an awful movie.