As is true of everyone else watching this film and leaving a review, I loved Schitt's Creek and Dan Levy's role and performance in that show. As David Rose, he was sweet, charming, clever, funny in a sarcastic but kind hearted way, authentic, and altogether likeable. Marc in Good Grief is self-absorbed (as other reviewers have noted), immature, and pretentious. The grief he portrays feels forced and inauthentic, affected and forced. In fact, none of the main characters are likeable, with the possible exception of Marc's best friend Thomas (Himesh Patel), so I was unable to feel any empathy for them. At moments that are supposed to be heartfelt, Levy's performance is self-conscious (as in, "Here I am playing pathos"). Moments that are supposed to be profound come off as smug. The character I was able to like the most was a minor one: Imelda (Celia Imrie), Marc and Oliver's financial manager. David Bradley as Duncan, Oliver's father, is also believable and somewhat relatable. For the main characters, the character development is clumsy, consisting of obvious "revelations" and sudden transformations at the end of the film. I wanted this film to make me laugh, rage, and cry... but all it did was make me roll my eyes.
Review of Good Grief
