Summary, A depressed man finds meaning in playing pretend.
So I got a early screener for this film, not a common thing for me, but there you go. Going to say that upfront.
This film was terribly depressing, I had seen in the trailer it be called a feel good film, I don’t see where that element was.
It felt in many ways like a spiritual sequel to the Whale, it was more of Brendan Fraser being depressed. This time being saved by a little girl and an old man. Each of which have their own horribly depressing stories. I put off writing this review as I knew I would have to go over all this again and feel depressed.
There is some comedy in the concept of the rental family and the inherently silly goofiness of it, but by and large this is a drama film.
I suppose you could argue the ending is somewhat bittersweet, Brendan Fraser gets to continue on in a father like role to the little girl and things seems to change for the better, but at what cost. Likely for the jailbreak Fraser’s character should be in prison.
Overall, not a good way to start the year unless you want to be depressed.
1.5/5
Pros.
It is competently made
There is some novelty to it
Cons.
It is depressing
There really isn’t a lot of levity
The side characters, particularly the people at the agency don’t get much development
It’s badly paced
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