If you were perfectly happy with watching The Internship, The Watch or Delivery Man, then this film will probably be serviceable to you. I however grew tired of seeing seemingly strong comedic concepts and characters flounder in Vince Vaughn's movies and went into this one hoping it would improve on his recent crop of films. Sadly this movie must now be dumped on that crop of mediocrity. It's just too familiar.
What I liked about this movie is that for the most part Vaughn and Franco are likable screen presences and they play their parts well. However that only a positive if you like either of them and they both tend to be very polarising figures. Some of the humour lands quite well, but again you have to be of a particular lowbrow mindset to enjoy this enough. My biggest compliment is that the message is heartfelt and warming. The typical underdogs vs. fat cats in more ways than one, which I found refreshing.
The bad news however is that it's bland(ish) characters, mismanaged story/script and similarities to many a film that has come before hold this movie back. In an attempt to make the film more realistic, the characters are written in a way that shows that no-one is completely good or evil. Which means that the easy form of comedy in this genre is removed which is commendable but wrong. The characters and writing just aren't funny enough to carry this movie in this realistic(ish) way. It's like if the Hangover was merged with the Little Engine that could. It just doesn't work. Finally this movie is exactly what you would expect from Vince Vaughn, except for the fact that given the premise and trailer content, I actually expected this one to be decent. I was wrong.
Essentially if you like an easy movie with fairly low brow and cartoon styled humour this movie will kill a couple of hours for you and you won't feel guilty about it after those hours are dead. Conversely, I'd advise you not to waste your time if none of these things appeal to you. Unfinished business therefore earns a 4/10. I hope Vaughn can salvage his career, he's a talented man but his typecasting will leave his career dead in the water. (I also predict that in a year from now I'll probably have written something similar about Melissa McCarthy).
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What I liked about this movie is that for the most part Vaughn and Franco are likable screen presences and they play their parts well. However that only a positive if you like either of them and they both tend to be very polarising figures. Some of the humour lands quite well, but again you have to be of a particular lowbrow mindset to enjoy this enough. My biggest compliment is that the message is heartfelt and warming. The typical underdogs vs. fat cats in more ways than one, which I found refreshing.
The bad news however is that it's bland(ish) characters, mismanaged story/script and similarities to many a film that has come before hold this movie back. In an attempt to make the film more realistic, the characters are written in a way that shows that no-one is completely good or evil. Which means that the easy form of comedy in this genre is removed which is commendable but wrong. The characters and writing just aren't funny enough to carry this movie in this realistic(ish) way. It's like if the Hangover was merged with the Little Engine that could. It just doesn't work. Finally this movie is exactly what you would expect from Vince Vaughn, except for the fact that given the premise and trailer content, I actually expected this one to be decent. I was wrong.
Essentially if you like an easy movie with fairly low brow and cartoon styled humour this movie will kill a couple of hours for you and you won't feel guilty about it after those hours are dead. Conversely, I'd advise you not to waste your time if none of these things appeal to you. Unfinished business therefore earns a 4/10. I hope Vaughn can salvage his career, he's a talented man but his typecasting will leave his career dead in the water. (I also predict that in a year from now I'll probably have written something similar about Melissa McCarthy).
Thanks for reading this review I hope you found it helpful, if you enjoyed this review please feel free to check out my others and keep and eye for more in the near future.