* Gratuitous, unexplained gross-outs. * Non-charismatic schlub of a protagonist who does nothing -- all the action comes to him. He suffers one indignity after another until finally he cracks. Then it all works out. * Not effective as a satire on science fiction, authors, workshops -- not to mention families, movies, or human beings. * Just not funny, except sometimes Jemaine.
I feel like the Hesses are now "trying" to be "quirky" "just like in Napoleon Dynamite" (as I'm sure they hear over and over again in pitch meetings). This has many similar features and beats, but none of the charm. They've lost it. They need to start writing new things and explore the big wide universe outside of their own minds.
Real disappointment.
I feel like the Hesses are now "trying" to be "quirky" "just like in Napoleon Dynamite" (as I'm sure they hear over and over again in pitch meetings). This has many similar features and beats, but none of the charm. They've lost it. They need to start writing new things and explore the big wide universe outside of their own minds.
Real disappointment.