Reviews

After about 10 minutes of watching Drinking Buddies, I said to my husband, "it's like there is no script!". When I came here to IMDb, the first sentence in the trivia section confirmed it. This movie, along with American Hustle, proves the importance of a script. A couple of scenes with Anna Kendrick I was yelling at the screen for her to SPEAK! Lots of "umms" and pauses. Here's a drinking game for ya if you just have to watch this movie: drink every time a character says "um". Two swigs when Kendrick's character says it! Do that and you'll be calling in sick the following day. Or two.

Olivia Wilde's character is unlikable and kind of a loser. Jake Johnson's character is alright but ultimately boring. Well... all four main characters are boring and lacking substance. The improvised conversations reveal nothing and go nowhere. The biggest question of all, and would be a major plot point, is if the two main characters slept together. One of those nowhere conversations seems to imply it but there is no clarification. I guess if they can go without a script, they figure the audience can go without a plot.

To title it Drinking Buddies implies comedy and fun. They did drink, quite a lot. But I'm sorry, there was zero entertainment value. I can't recommend it to anyone. I know making a film is hard work and people pour their hearts into it. But come on, guys, you have to have a script! I kinda feel bad writing all of this negativity. On the other hand, I feel insulted that I was thought stupid enough to enjoy this film in any way. This is when I miss the IMDb message boards.

I Care A Lot could have been a highly entertaining movie. If you are casting a film and need an actress to play a cold hearted b***h? Cast Rosamund Pike. Very few actresses could play a role like this and make it so believable. Just like in Gone Girl, she is captivating, and fun, to watch. She's the reason I added an extra star to my rating. The story was lining up well. I even believed that just maybe *spoilers ahead* she was so sharp she could outplay the expensive mafia lawyer in court. But when the two hits failed and the females survived, I was done. Why wouldn't hitmen, told by their boss to kill, at least make sure their targets were dead? And then, worst of all, the film tries to elicit sympathy for the female lead? No no no. They had shown us zero humanity in Pike's character, there was no sympathy or empathy to be had and that made her fun to hate watch. I enjoyed awaiting her downfall. But the shower scene after the failed hits was even more off target than the hitmen were. I was mostly entertained throughout and watched through the end to see how it all played out but would have given a much higher rating and offered to friends as a recommendation if it weren't for the above plot points. I think a better ending would have been for her to end up a ward. Let her live the rest of her life getting a large dose of her own medicine.

I'm not giving a summary because not quite sure how to lay out the plot. So straight to my opinion. Seems most reviewers here have pointed out my main gripes. The fact that not even her mother insists she see a doctor is a point I couldn't get past. She comes home after having a drink at the bar and wow, her mom is perceptive about that but can't see or smell her rotting away?? She even stands in the bathroom while her daughter is vomiting blood and asks if she's pregnant!! And I'm of the same opinion as others who pointed out the friends' non reactions, the inept doc, and the stalker who obviously has no sense of sight or smell as he gets it on with her. The goof section here has covered a couple of errors in logic I was going to point out so no need for that, either. So why am I even writing this? I suppose to air my frustrations but also, I just had to comment on the sunglasses. Can she fidget with them one more time because someone may have missed the first few hundred times! Lol. Ok so this isn't much of a review but since IMDb tossed my beloved message boards, I have no where else to go. Overall, it's not the worst thing I've seen. At least I was never bored. Incredulous but not bored. I will probably watch it again some night even if just to hate-watch. There were ways to fix these problems without having her confined to a hospital. She ran from everyone at least once anyway so why not because they were forcing her to get help? Oh and if your doc ever tells you to stay away from others for at least 24 hours, according to this film, that means you can go see everyone you know and even have maggot sex!! (Please don't go by the logic of this film) Positive points? I liked her transformation. Or rather, degeneration. Unlike the characters, I noticed it!