Snatched (2017)
Rated R
Starring Amy Schurmer, Goldie Hawn, Ike Barinholtz, Wanda Sykes, Joan Cusack, Bashir Salahuddin, Christopher Meloni
Directed by Jonathan Levine
The Story:
Emily (Schurmer) is dumped by her boyfriend just before she is about to embark on an exotic vacation to Ecuador. So she takes her mom (Hawn) instead. Wouldn't you know it though, they end up getting kidnapped and taken to Colombia. Hilarity and hijinks ensue as they attempt to escape and head to the American embassy.
Minus the part about hilarity.
Wow, was this painful.
Though, lately, that's how I've found most of Schurmer's movies.
Oftentimes amusing with an occasional zinger or two, but otherwise utterly forgettable.
Hollywood insists on trying to make her a star.
With the material I keep seeing, I'll keep resisting.
Hawn gives it her best, as does the woefully wasted Sykes and Cusack as two forgettable characters who really have nothing to do except provide semi-comic exposition foreshadowing.
The best part of the movie is the annoying brother (Barinholtz) and his attempt to free his family by annoying the FBI (Salahuddin). Those bits were funny.
By the time Schurmer is having a tapeworm removed (yes, seriously...) this movie has gone so far off the rails, it's watching a trainwreck at that point.
Final Grade:
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