I guess I'm among the minority of professional and amateur critics in finding this movie utterly boring. My wife is among that minority as well. There was one dramatic scene that had me wake up momentarily, but both before and after it, I struggled to keep my eyes open - and we went to an early evening showing. Watching someone struggle with depression isn't particularly interesting unless said depression causes them to do something other than mope around for 90 minutes. I didn't find any of the characters likable, and the Patrick Wilson character was basically a contradiction, seemingly willing to participate in an affair one minute then completely insulted by the idea in another. Why would he even agree to speak privately with whatsherface at the party? It also made absolutely no sense that whatsherface was even invited to the party. Supposedly the wife did it as an act of pity, but she couldn't have possibly known anything about whatsherface's private life since it had been years since anyone had seen her (and there was no indication she had been tabloid fodder). And it also made no sense that whatsherface was suddenly confiding in a classmate she barely even noticed in high school some 20 years ago.
It's not often I come out of a movie feeling completely duped by the reviews, but this is one of those rare instances. I have no idea what anyone finds entertaining here.
It's not often I come out of a movie feeling completely duped by the reviews, but this is one of those rare instances. I have no idea what anyone finds entertaining here.