bettycjung
3/15/18. Did finish watching the whole movie. Wouldn't say it was quality viewing. Story only average, as was the acting. If you have nothing better to do...
kosmasp
Well sort of. Some make fun of the fact that the star of the movie, also wrote and directed it. That doesn't make a movie good or bad. In this case, I would call it mediocre. There are quite a few faces you may recognize (I'm guessing friends?) and one particular female even plays herself in a very odd, let's call it cameo, towards the end of the movie.The "whodunnit" aspect is I guess nice, but it's not really an edge of your seat kind of thing. The whole movie is more shallow and tries to be as light as possible. I'd say it succeeds in that aspect overall. Although that also means you as a viewer are not as engaged as you may be with other movies of similar nature and content you have been watching. So if you have the spare time and like the genre, you can risk a look at this ...
riteshk-71503
This movie is very predictable, nothing much new. I kept waiting for something unpredictable buy it never came. I don't know why but it has been a long time since I have seen a good comedy movie and this movie was not just good enough.
mikerosslaw
Jeff Garland (as "Handsome" - note the ironical title) evidently left all of his considerable comedic talent on the floor when he left "Curb Your Enthusiasm" some years back (playing off the amazing Susie Essman, who was brilliant as his harridan wife). In this ill-conceived one-off (hopefully, that is) film, Garland alternates portraying a lumbering, gelatinous LAPD detective and a really, REALLY creepy next-door neighbor whose home sole companion is his dog. He is less funny in "Handsome" than he is as the Barcalounger-bound, long-suffering-dad in "The Goldbergs." I notice he also directed "Handsome." Stay behind the camera, Jeff, please. The part of Garland's female detective partner is filled (notice I did not say "played") by Natasha Lyonne (rhymes with unknown), whose irritating, out-of-place Bronx accent and utter lack of chemistry with Garland informing her regrettable perf. Lyonne mistakes acting annoying for acting. Insufferable.Leah Remini should fire her agent, you know, like today, before she gets straight-jacketed and typecast with any more third-banana bit parts like she got stuck with in "Handsome." Leah was the shining star in "The King of Queens," stealing every single scene from both the rotund Kevin James and the redoubtable Jerry Stiller through nine seasons. She is still a beautiful leading lady and a star, when given a chance to shine. Michael Caine warned actors like Leah in his classic book "Acting in Film" that a leading man or leading woman should only accept the lead in a film, even if it's not that great a film, rather than taking that precipitous plunge into obscurity by accepting supporting parts. "Handsome" doesn't have a single laugh in it. Casting the porcine Garland as an L.A. cop is about as believable as booking famed celebrity chef Mario Batali as the eponymous lead in "The Bruce Jenner Story." Worst of all, you simply end up not caring about Garland's character or any of the other cookie-cutter supporting characters."Handsome" turns out like that visit to the dentist you put off too long: you just want it to end. MEMO TO THE PUERILE NETFLIX "PRODUCTION" SUITS: This comedy thing is a little harder than it looks, right?
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