Here's an odd one... did it fail because it delivered something other than promised?
Or because it was a giant Costco commercial?
The Story:
When a night watchman at the local Costco is skinned alive, Evan (Ben Stiller) organizes a neighborhood watch to catch the killer since the police don't seem overly concerned with solving the crime, although they happen to think that maybe Evan did it. So with the recruitment of 3 other, his neighborhood watch goes out to find the bad guy, only to uncover something even more sinister and shocking!
So really, where did this movie come off the rails?
My guess is the "out of this world" storyline that takes over the murder mystery.
Honestly, I don't know. On paper, the story has potential. In execution...
It's not bad. It's not great, either.
This is another one, hey, if you've got 90 minutes to spare, sure, give it a spin. You might not hate it. ;)
The pros: You've got Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill playing Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill. If you like they way they act and spit out their dialogue, you are going to love them in this one, because hey, if you're going for a Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill character, you might as well hire the real deal.
The writing and dialogue is at times hilarious, stupid, hilariously stupid, or some combination.
As usual, this is an "R Rated Comedy" where they go for the profanity or bodily fluid humor... the shock and awe of comedy. Instead of being smart with the script (there actually is a nifty story in here) they throw R rated humor at every situation to force humor where it could simply be found naturally.
My opinion, they could have cut back the raunch, gone PG-13, tightened up the script and sucked in the family market with the story. Oh well, what's done is done.
Final Grade: C+
Would I add it to my collection: Nope.
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