hannahventisei
Lifetime Total
1+
IMDb Member
6 years
Reviews
Delivery Man (2013)
Delivery Panned
- the premise is interesting and fairly untapped but there was no real character arc for Vince Vaughn - he goes from a guy who wants to have a baby (despite the protests of his miserable, useless friend) to a guy who has more kids than he could possibly imagine. However, this means that he has not developed at all: he didn't learn that he actually did want kids because he wanted them already, he didn't learn to be more open due to his diverse students because he wasn't prejudiced before anyway, his job seems pretty unrelated to his character and also teaches him nothing. Due to this lack of character arc the plot seems to just meander without the viewer being particularly connected. Stuff kind of just happens with minimal set up and as a result although well paced, you often find yourself asking 'is this film actually going anywhere'.
- the film asks some interesting questions about rights of parents, particularly sperm donors, but in some ways it raises so many questions that it doesn't answer any of them adequately or satisfyingly. The film doesn't really have a message and if it did that would help to tie together the random seeming plot developments.
- zero chemistry between Vince Vaughn and Conor Smulders and no real reason why he can't tell his girlfriend about all his kids apart from some bogus law suit that doesn't even really make sense since Vaughn seems happy to meet his children?
- characters have no real depth - to the point that at one point they refer to Vince Vaughn by his character's name and I thought he might have been using a fake name because I was so underinvested in this character that I didn't even know is name. This lack of connection means that key plot points fall flat because, for instance, I don't really care that Vaughn is in debt because he doesn't seem to have any real personality traits or flaws.
- as you watch this film you also think 'who is this film for'? It's not really a comedy, I mean I didn't laugh throughout the whole film, but it's also not taking itself seriously enough for a drama.
- conclusion: this film is confused about what it is and as a result it lacks coherence, doesn't endear the audience to the characters and results in the viewer very quickly forgetting the film/taking absolutely no message away from it.
Nailed It! (2018)
Netflix nailed it!
Funny to watch with friends, pretty good for what it is - don't watch when hungry though!