If this film is for preteens, then it's possibly quite good; it tells the story from that age groups' perspective.
If this film is for an adult audience it is lazy, boring, drivel beyond compare. It relies on scenes of Scotland (although very attractive too), a plot that is so old and worn out that it has patches, and a completely formulaic design that is really only worthy of children's TV.
It is curious that such dross should have been made by a duo of writers that have a strong record in good character driven comedy. Here they lean too much on the children who deliver lines and a level of reasoning that is beyond their age, and, in a key and very long winded scene, conceive a plan and execute it with various tools, that is quite a stretch of the imagination.
Not even a company of actors who normally perform well can save this because they are really only cut-outs for the children to act against. The title isn't right either. It should be: what we did when we had marital problems and argued like grown ups always do and made the kids mad.
It may be quite suitable for an eleven year old; but for anyone else over that age who enjoys this deficient guff, they may need parental guidance to explain that its only make believe and not real.
If this film is for an adult audience it is lazy, boring, drivel beyond compare. It relies on scenes of Scotland (although very attractive too), a plot that is so old and worn out that it has patches, and a completely formulaic design that is really only worthy of children's TV.
It is curious that such dross should have been made by a duo of writers that have a strong record in good character driven comedy. Here they lean too much on the children who deliver lines and a level of reasoning that is beyond their age, and, in a key and very long winded scene, conceive a plan and execute it with various tools, that is quite a stretch of the imagination.
Not even a company of actors who normally perform well can save this because they are really only cut-outs for the children to act against. The title isn't right either. It should be: what we did when we had marital problems and argued like grown ups always do and made the kids mad.
It may be quite suitable for an eleven year old; but for anyone else over that age who enjoys this deficient guff, they may need parental guidance to explain that its only make believe and not real.