James Patterson – Movie Reviews – Y
MOVIE REVIEWS – Y’S
Year One
If I could be the 11- or 12-year-old boy targeted by this movie, I would yell—”This is way below my intelligence level!” I very much like Michael Cera’s smart-timid act, but if it shows up in too many movies like this, I’ll start to hate it. As I do Jack Black’s’ dumb-loud routine. Some funny lines. Way too much bathroom humor—even for an 11-year-old like myself.
Yes Man
Well, Frost/Nixon, The Reader, Doubt, Gran Torino, and The Wrestler have yet to reach South Florida. I hope the distributors and especially Muvico find lots of coal in their stockings. So—let’s talk about Yes Man. I’ll say yes to the movie–but only by a whisker. There are some funny scenes, but this is a really, really sloppy piece of work. It coulda shoulda been a lot more entertaining.
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
I really enjoyed the first two thirds of it. There’s a lot of funny stuff and Sandler isn’t afraid to stretch himself. The last third was a little more predictable Hollywood-big-summer-movie. But it was well worth the price of admission for first half or so.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Sporadically funny, sporadically embarrassing. Woody Allen keeps getting great casts to make essentially the same movie over and over again.
Young Adult
If you’re a little sick, like me, you’ll get the comedy here. If not, pass on this one. Once again, though, here’s Hollywood condescending to everybody who happens to live somewhere with strip malls, Applebee’s, and Chili’s.