amcc9
This was such a sweet film. There is someone for everyone. Adorable characters and beautifully acted.
pronto1966
Sorry, but Ed Helms could not pull this role off. This was a role made for Ben Stiller.
Ben Stiller can make a character angry at the world, yet still somehow likeable. Not so with Ed Helms work here.
The script was bad, at times really, really bad. Not sure if the writers were indulging in too many edibles when they wrote this, but the timing of the jokes was off. (write high, test material straight!)Scenes that were supposed to be humorous often ended up being awkward and over done. Like when a comedian tells a joke that bombs, and you watch and cringe as they desperately try to squeeze a laugh out of something that didn't work. At a certain point, leave it. Continuing to try to make an unfunny scene funny just makes it embarrassing. (ie: scene when mom shows up at talk show). With a little work to the script, Ben Stiller could have pulled that scene off.I can see why this movie got made, and had the script been given more attention, and the lead recast, it would have been a good movie.
pharosproductions
This movie will not change your life and it's not looking to do that. It seems like a relatively low budget indie film that has some heart and the balls to be a little different.Definitely worth a view as the charm will carry this movie over its minor defects.
robin-benson
An engaging slightly off-beat romantic comedy that probably delivers more observations about rubbish TV than the love interest. Director Montiel has found an original idea in looking at the life of Eddie Krumble, Ed Helms, who is a professional audience worker (and maybe there are several hundred of these folk in La La land). The love theme running through the movie between Eddie and Judy (a sweet performance from Amanda Seyfried) who is a gas-station attendant has its ups and downs but provides a suitable ending.It was the TV background that I found more entertaining, with a very credible performance from Russell Peters as the talk-show host Stillerman, the way the audiences are manipulated by the on-set producer and intriguingly the 'spontanious' chat between Stillerman and Eddie seemed to be rolling along on the teleprompter. Well worth a look.
AD
