The problems with the movie continue. The film is intended to be a comedy for the most part but most of it wasn’t all that funny to me. Admittedly there are a couple of moments here and there (which come mostly from McDormand’s character) that made me chuckle but for the most part I felt that the majority of the jokes just fell flat. However it seems I was one of the few who felt that way as the rest of the audience seemed to be laughing quite a lot, consistently and throughout most of the movie. And most of those laughing I could tell were women so I have drawn the conclusion that the film is more suited to that gender of movie-goers.
I was very aware that the movie was striving to be cute and quirky. The film also feels annoyingly un-ambitious. Sure there are some aspects of real life that the film attempts to tackle, such as loneliness, security, and of course love, but it never really feels like it pushes it as far as it needs to go.
There’s a certain breezy feel to the whole thing that makes for easy digestion, and McDormand is just great here. But there’s that niggling feeling that it could have been so much more; it feels underwhelming and it doesn’t help that a supposed comedy fails to ignite laughter for the most part. However I guess I am in the minority and when it comes down to it, my negativity stems from a personal dislike of the genre.
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