Why was this shown in February? It's a Thanksgiving movie. But maybe one should be thankful it wasn't shown then, when only the best Thanksgiving movies should be shown.
Once I saw the cast, I thought this would be a good movie. Not really. But it had its good moments.
I don't know anything about Malin Ackerman but she is pretty enough, I suppose, and I thought she did a good job acting. Not always pleasant, but she was the voice of reason surrounded by chaos.
Kat Dennings was the other star and I'm much more familiar with her. I first became acquainted with her when she was Bob Saget's daughter, but I don't remember much about her show except I like her. And when she joined Beth Behrs in "2 Broke Girls" she was great if raunchy and snarky. Here, she showed a lot of the negativity that made her so good in the TV series, but somehow I didn't like her quite as much. Abby tried to run things but she was overwhelmed. She had her good scenes.
I know Jane Seymour best as the politically correct and family friendly old West doctor, but here she was anything but. I would say she was pretty good and not bad looking for her age. The accent bothered me (why couldn't she just be British?). And she was as raunchy as broadcast TV will allow (and maybe worse, since a lot of words were missing).
I don't care much for Aisha Tyler even though I know her from "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" I didn't like her all that much here but she had some warm and kind moments. And one that was a little too warm.
Deon Cole was the wacky ad executive on "Black-ish" whose behavior made one wonder how he kept his job. A little more logical and realistic here. But he still had some of the same personality and was open to unconventional relationships.
I didn't recognize her but I genuinely despised Chelsea Peretti as a "sha-woman". Maybe the character will appeal to enlightened vegan women who meditate and do yoga. But even if I had known she was on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", I didn't like her there either.
Jack Donnelly is a familiar name for some reason, but I don't really know him. He did a good job and was likable enough. Straight women and gay men should know he wears nothing or almost nothing early and is shirtless through most of the holiday event.
Three lesbian women invited as potential dates for Abby all did a good job but only one was anywhere close to appealing to me personally. One had this attitude which women might like. Each did a "dating video" looking at the camera with different lighting, and so did Abby later.
I can't really say I liked the three Fairy Gaymothers, part of Abby's dream, but the performances of the three actresses were good.
Even the baby (babies) was a good actor. Though the bloopers at the end include interruptions by crying.
What might be described as music was, in my opinion, mostly terrible and the longer the movie lasted, the worse it got. Don't people that age have better taste? I did like the salsa dance music in the middle. I saw Christmas music listed in the credits but don't recall hearing any.
Family friendly? The first scene has a dominatrix using a whip. Numerous words were not heard. What was heard pushes the limits of broadcast TV. How did these people drink so much and still manage to get things done? And then there were "shrooms" which resulted in some interesting visuals. And one lesbian kiss where one of the participants was presumed straight, witnessed by a child who needs it explained.
You have to stay around for the outtakes during the closing credits. They were great.
Not consistently good, but not all bad either, and often funny.
Once I saw the cast, I thought this would be a good movie. Not really. But it had its good moments.
I don't know anything about Malin Ackerman but she is pretty enough, I suppose, and I thought she did a good job acting. Not always pleasant, but she was the voice of reason surrounded by chaos.
Kat Dennings was the other star and I'm much more familiar with her. I first became acquainted with her when she was Bob Saget's daughter, but I don't remember much about her show except I like her. And when she joined Beth Behrs in "2 Broke Girls" she was great if raunchy and snarky. Here, she showed a lot of the negativity that made her so good in the TV series, but somehow I didn't like her quite as much. Abby tried to run things but she was overwhelmed. She had her good scenes.
I know Jane Seymour best as the politically correct and family friendly old West doctor, but here she was anything but. I would say she was pretty good and not bad looking for her age. The accent bothered me (why couldn't she just be British?). And she was as raunchy as broadcast TV will allow (and maybe worse, since a lot of words were missing).
I don't care much for Aisha Tyler even though I know her from "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" I didn't like her all that much here but she had some warm and kind moments. And one that was a little too warm.
Deon Cole was the wacky ad executive on "Black-ish" whose behavior made one wonder how he kept his job. A little more logical and realistic here. But he still had some of the same personality and was open to unconventional relationships.
I didn't recognize her but I genuinely despised Chelsea Peretti as a "sha-woman". Maybe the character will appeal to enlightened vegan women who meditate and do yoga. But even if I had known she was on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", I didn't like her there either.
Jack Donnelly is a familiar name for some reason, but I don't really know him. He did a good job and was likable enough. Straight women and gay men should know he wears nothing or almost nothing early and is shirtless through most of the holiday event.
Three lesbian women invited as potential dates for Abby all did a good job but only one was anywhere close to appealing to me personally. One had this attitude which women might like. Each did a "dating video" looking at the camera with different lighting, and so did Abby later.
I can't really say I liked the three Fairy Gaymothers, part of Abby's dream, but the performances of the three actresses were good.
Even the baby (babies) was a good actor. Though the bloopers at the end include interruptions by crying.
What might be described as music was, in my opinion, mostly terrible and the longer the movie lasted, the worse it got. Don't people that age have better taste? I did like the salsa dance music in the middle. I saw Christmas music listed in the credits but don't recall hearing any.
Family friendly? The first scene has a dominatrix using a whip. Numerous words were not heard. What was heard pushes the limits of broadcast TV. How did these people drink so much and still manage to get things done? And then there were "shrooms" which resulted in some interesting visuals. And one lesbian kiss where one of the participants was presumed straight, witnessed by a child who needs it explained.
You have to stay around for the outtakes during the closing credits. They were great.
Not consistently good, but not all bad either, and often funny.