Why Him? (2016)

 

Genre: Comedy/ Romance

Time: 1h 51mins

Director: John Hamburg

Quick Summary: A holiday gathering threatens to go off the rails when Ned Fleming realizes that his daughter's Silicon Valley millionaire boyfriend is about to pop the question.


I laughed, but I also cringed

When I started this film I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it. It took a good while for it to really get going and be funny as for this portion, man it was awkward to watch. I was getting second-hand embarrassment more than actually laughing at it. I can't imagine being the parents in this situation, but then I do feel like they were very uptight about things considering they were meant to be "wild" in their teens. Also, with the younger couple, I've seen this pairing quite a few times it's not hard to believe it would happen, but probably not for it to work out.

Going onto that, I don't know how I felt about the parents in this. They were supposed to be super out-there people when they were younger, even being fans of the band Kiss which I highly doubt looking at them. Nice try Hollywood, you weren't fooling me there. As well, they were pretty judgemental towards everything. For sure, the guy is really strange and extra and has a moose submerged in its own pee, but give the poor boy a chance.

James Franco, at first, I did not like him. He was definitely too much and came across as really duchy, though he grew on me and I began to find him super funny. Completely unhinged, but seriously funny. Really, aside from Bryan Cranston who I did also find really fun to watch, James stole each and every scene he was him. Bryan, even though I didn't really believe his character, I enjoyed simply watching him bumble around baffled at everything going on, especially how high-tech everything was. 

Do you want a fun, laugh-filled experience? I do recommend this. It's pretty easy to watch, and you really don't have to think about anything. Just enjoy the cringe and second-hand embarrassment. 


7/10


"Laird Mayhew: I don't know how to talk to the guy. It's like we speak two different languages or something.

Gustav: You do.

Laird Mayhew: Yeah.

Gustav: He speaks English, and you speak English with resounding amounts of "fuck.""


"Ned Fleming: I mean, what in God's name is a double dicker?"



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