None of the friends seemed likable with the possible exception of Claire, he should have just turned around and left. It was supposed to be a birthday party for him FFS.
The surprise at end was just more cruel cringe, and tragic. No sense of camaraderie had been established which might make the japes acceptable.
Reduce a guy to having a breakdown, joke about him making someone suicidal. Pointing a loaded gun at someone as a laugh? Swapping out his medicine? Shooting a gun in a car without giving him ear protection?
The only way that the ending could have saved this mess that dragged on and on was if there was some sort of comeuppance for his friends', but there wasn't.
Acting seemed ok, cinematography ok but the plot?
I found some of the cringe jokes a bit funny at the start, but it just went on and on...
Should have killed off all the friends and just made the film about Norman.
The surprise at end was just more cruel cringe, and tragic. No sense of camaraderie had been established which might make the japes acceptable.
Reduce a guy to having a breakdown, joke about him making someone suicidal. Pointing a loaded gun at someone as a laugh? Swapping out his medicine? Shooting a gun in a car without giving him ear protection?
The only way that the ending could have saved this mess that dragged on and on was if there was some sort of comeuppance for his friends', but there wasn't.
Acting seemed ok, cinematography ok but the plot?
I found some of the cringe jokes a bit funny at the start, but it just went on and on...
Should have killed off all the friends and just made the film about Norman.