This film reminded me of some of the stuff DeNiro was cranking out late in his career, like he desperately needed money and didn't much care about the script, or his craft. I'd rank it just a tad higher than that dreadful Casey Affleck movie, A Ghost Story.
The acting and plot were very weak. Does the director think we're stupid? Caine's fake phlegmy cough, Aubrey Plaza's fake barfing, the dumping of a beer mug (seriously?) full of Elizabeth's and then Harris' ashes (I thought the cat had died,) was too much. Who attempts self-immolation in a bookstore and gets some seemingly fast healing hand and arm burns?
I didn't feel any of Aubrey's anxiety, never sensed that she was on the brink of losing this publishing company because of Caine's drunken insipidness, never felt like she was in fact the brains behind this teetering enterprise.
This movie was a waste of time and money.
The acting and plot were very weak. Does the director think we're stupid? Caine's fake phlegmy cough, Aubrey Plaza's fake barfing, the dumping of a beer mug (seriously?) full of Elizabeth's and then Harris' ashes (I thought the cat had died,) was too much. Who attempts self-immolation in a bookstore and gets some seemingly fast healing hand and arm burns?
I didn't feel any of Aubrey's anxiety, never sensed that she was on the brink of losing this publishing company because of Caine's drunken insipidness, never felt like she was in fact the brains behind this teetering enterprise.
This movie was a waste of time and money.