Sean William Scott and John C. Reilly.. what's not to love??
First off, this is not a Mr. Woodcock nor is it a Step Brothers type of movie. I think this movie had/has trouble finding an audience... it's not the film that is the problem. When this movie came out people were still used to, how can I put this, "College Humor".... people wanted Bad Santa, Old School, Idiocracy, Road Trip, Waiting, The Nutty Professor II....yanno fart and dick jokes! This is not one of those movies.
Secondly, nowadays people have no attention span; young adults these days are used to movies with nonstop hooks... one-liners every few minutes... think Thor Ragnarok type banter (a movie which I love btw). Point being is, nowadays young adults want fantasy with nonstop one-liners; they don't want a movie about real life. And that's what this movie showcases... real life... Some people complained this movie has too much swearing, that happens in real life!
Furthermore, this movie isn't PC at some points, but it's not overtly anti-PC. However, it's banned from Amazon so that should tell you something. They probably banned it simply for the "Black Apples" scene. That scene wasn't meant to be funny nor racist... it was showing the viewer how naive John C. Reilly's character is; it wanted to show the viewer that he is just a simple, naive Canadian man but certainly not a racist.
The world that this movie portrays is pre-2000's... I'd say a good estimate of the setting of this movie would be 1996-1998, so most young adults won't like this movie nor relate to this movie. Even though we live in a "woke" society, most young people are completely consumed by their own ego and apathy towards their fellow person.... so they don't understand why the two principle actors have empathy for each other... they simply can NOT understand empathy. The inability to understand empathy bothers them to their core/root, so they don't like the movie.
Lastly, even though this movie isn't PC, doesn't have one-liners nor does it have slapstick comedy... it's a funny, dark-somewhat-dry comedy, movie with a TON of heart that showcases the struggles of two men who are simply trying to put food on the table for their families.
First off, this is not a Mr. Woodcock nor is it a Step Brothers type of movie. I think this movie had/has trouble finding an audience... it's not the film that is the problem. When this movie came out people were still used to, how can I put this, "College Humor".... people wanted Bad Santa, Old School, Idiocracy, Road Trip, Waiting, The Nutty Professor II....yanno fart and dick jokes! This is not one of those movies.
Secondly, nowadays people have no attention span; young adults these days are used to movies with nonstop hooks... one-liners every few minutes... think Thor Ragnarok type banter (a movie which I love btw). Point being is, nowadays young adults want fantasy with nonstop one-liners; they don't want a movie about real life. And that's what this movie showcases... real life... Some people complained this movie has too much swearing, that happens in real life!
Furthermore, this movie isn't PC at some points, but it's not overtly anti-PC. However, it's banned from Amazon so that should tell you something. They probably banned it simply for the "Black Apples" scene. That scene wasn't meant to be funny nor racist... it was showing the viewer how naive John C. Reilly's character is; it wanted to show the viewer that he is just a simple, naive Canadian man but certainly not a racist.
The world that this movie portrays is pre-2000's... I'd say a good estimate of the setting of this movie would be 1996-1998, so most young adults won't like this movie nor relate to this movie. Even though we live in a "woke" society, most young people are completely consumed by their own ego and apathy towards their fellow person.... so they don't understand why the two principle actors have empathy for each other... they simply can NOT understand empathy. The inability to understand empathy bothers them to their core/root, so they don't like the movie.
Lastly, even though this movie isn't PC, doesn't have one-liners nor does it have slapstick comedy... it's a funny, dark-somewhat-dry comedy, movie with a TON of heart that showcases the struggles of two men who are simply trying to put food on the table for their families.