The most disappointing thing is that it wasn't able to live up to its brimming potential. There are so many good ingredients here: a great premise, an able and creative director, and suitable talent in Black (who can do caustic cornball humor like no other - I felt he had no edge here)Mos Def, who is mos def ver goo, but also wasted here, and also Danny Glover, who is a seasoned, gifted actor. Where this movie failed most I think is that it sells comedy but gives you drama. For this to have lived up to its billing I think it would have done best to be very light and cheeky - which it is in parts but the humor seems out of context and clunky.
I wanted this to be fantastic so badly, and though it wasn't awful I felt let down and for some reason that's almost worse than if it would have just out and out sucked balls.
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