Paddleton. Alex Lehmann. 2019. ☆☆☆★★★
Uhm. Ray Romano. He’s, like, somebody I don’t like a lot.
I didn’t even recognise him before I read imdb. Well, to be honest, I still don’t recognise him after reading imdb.
This is a movie extruded to satisfy the urges of the same audience as this? It’s even got a road trip.
This is a lot better, though. It’s got cinematography and everything.
It starts off pretty promising: Gloomy, dreary and depressing. But when they set off for the road trip, the soundtrack starts up underscoring every single emotional beat. It’s so annoying.
And there’s more sit-com schtick as it progresses and they go for embarrassment humour, which is something else I don’t like a lot.
There are good scenes throughout, but the overall thing is a bit on the annoying side once it gets going… And eyeballing this that’s the opposite reaction to everybody else who’s seen the movie, so I know I’m right.
Perhaps they’re just going by that scene, which makes any criticism seem churlish.
This post is part of the NFLX2019 blog series.