pretty funny and zippy, although it all kind of falls through your hands by the end like spaghetti. i could spend all day looking at Tilda Swinton with makeup on. also, Brad Pitt has really excellent comic timing, turns out!
um…i get this from an artistic angle, and i genuinely love all the performances in this movie, but as a whole…this flick very gently stepped past me and kept on going. Mike White as an actor makes me feel weird just by existing, although there isn’t anything wrong with him per se, and this whole movie had that effect on me.
snappy and cute and not too terribly sappy. Ricky Gervais is a funny motherfucker, and completely adorable in this as well. extra half-star for cameo by Alan Ruck – when Cameron was in Egypt’s laaaand…let me Cameron gooooooooo…
adorable and much funnier than it even needed to be. “i love you so much it’s retarded”. the drunk girl is a goddamn comic genius.
although i am having trouble understanding a world where Kat Dennings is supposed to be the un-hot one. that girl looks like Scarlett Johansson, except not dead behind the eyes – she’s traffic-stoppingly gorgeous. the “hot girl” looks like a fucking teletubby.
both a parody of zombie movies, AND an ardent homage to them. it’s hilarious, and scary, and touching, and when was the last time you felt all those emotions in one fucking movie?! just fucking genius.
not earth-shakingly hilarious, but funny and cute enough to be worth it (much like Pineapple Express). did i miss the memo, or is Paul Rudd totally hot all of a sudden? the little boy in this is a major scene-stealer and provides the best laughs. i’m normally not a fan of Stifler, but he manages to make his eyes focus once or twice here, so kudos on that. McLovin is surprisingly affecting, like in a “real” acting kind of way, too.
really very cute. the supporting cast is a veritable who’s who of Hey, It’s That Guy! – Funny And/Or Jewish Edition. not exactly earth-shaking or the cutting edge of comedy, but adorable and funny.
at first i was not totally sold on Jason Segal being the irreverent cool one and Paul Rudd being the awkward odd one, but it keeps you on your toes. also? pretty sure not a stitch of acting here; i think those 2 actors are exactly like that in real life.
OMG, Jon Favreau, best douchebag portrayal EVER. EVER EVER!!!
cute, with some good jokes, but mostly sort of lame. i might have enjoyed it better with beer.
only Ricky Gervais could make a brutally cheeky yet heart-warming movie about atheism! also has more cameos than a Muppet movie. if you don’t get the anti-religion messages (which range from hilariously obvious to fairly subtle and/or sincere), you may find the movie cute but silly and without much plot, which it sounds like most of the other reviews found it.
not much structure to the plot, but John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph are so real and likable you don’t much mind. their 4 experiences visiting friends are each tour de forces that yank your emotions so hard in different directions, you get whiplash: from Side-Splitting Hilarity, to Vomitous Sanctimony, and on to a double dose of Gut-Wrenching Sorrow. every single actor is on their most subtle A-game, and the meandering path is a pretty good one.