Mona Champagne (Katherine Heigl) likes her life the way it is with everything on her schedule and she has a schedule for everything. Husband Don (Patrick Wilson) is frustrated and can't get intimate with Mona unless it's on the schedule. Enter sales girl Dusty (Jordana Brewster) who has an affair with Don. Mona catches on and has murder in her eyes. Oh, oh.
The promos made it seem like this is a comedy and I was looking forward to it. Not so. Oh, you may find yourself chuckling at a few things in the beginning, but read the title again: Home Sweet Hell. And, Hell it is for Don who has no say in just about everything. Love making is out unless it is on Mona's schedule and we see Don masturbating in one scene that really wasn't necessary but Hollywood is all about filming these things because it can.
Getting back to "Not so" we find that Mona has serious plans to do away with Dusty to insure her perfect world doesn't crumble. Doing away with people is not funny, but there is more to come. The chuckling should have stopped by now although I will say that Katherine Heigl has that ability to provide a comedic look when her character contemplates murder. This is what the promos used and I got sucked in. This is not a comedy.
There appears to be a disconnect in here. It seems like the movie never really finished as there was one more thing left hanging, but either the Director forgot about that last loose end or he wanted it that way and for us to make up our own ending. See? The movie is only 98-minutes long so it's possible someone forgot to include the rest of the story. I am dying to tell you what the loose end is, but if I did that you would know too much. Or maybe the Director didn't know how to resolve that loose end. Who knows?
In some ways, this could have been a good comedy, but it became serious along the way and I was disappointed. It became too serious. I did mention that I was disappointed? Thought so.
Notables; Kevin McKidd, James Belushi, A.J. Buckley, and Chi McBride. (4/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. Nudity: Yes, Language: Yes
The promos made it seem like this is a comedy and I was looking forward to it. Not so. Oh, you may find yourself chuckling at a few things in the beginning, but read the title again: Home Sweet Hell. And, Hell it is for Don who has no say in just about everything. Love making is out unless it is on Mona's schedule and we see Don masturbating in one scene that really wasn't necessary but Hollywood is all about filming these things because it can.
Getting back to "Not so" we find that Mona has serious plans to do away with Dusty to insure her perfect world doesn't crumble. Doing away with people is not funny, but there is more to come. The chuckling should have stopped by now although I will say that Katherine Heigl has that ability to provide a comedic look when her character contemplates murder. This is what the promos used and I got sucked in. This is not a comedy.
There appears to be a disconnect in here. It seems like the movie never really finished as there was one more thing left hanging, but either the Director forgot about that last loose end or he wanted it that way and for us to make up our own ending. See? The movie is only 98-minutes long so it's possible someone forgot to include the rest of the story. I am dying to tell you what the loose end is, but if I did that you would know too much. Or maybe the Director didn't know how to resolve that loose end. Who knows?
In some ways, this could have been a good comedy, but it became serious along the way and I was disappointed. It became too serious. I did mention that I was disappointed? Thought so.
Notables; Kevin McKidd, James Belushi, A.J. Buckley, and Chi McBride. (4/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes. Nudity: Yes, Language: Yes