An American comedy drama directed by Burr Steers, starring Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon and Brian Doyle-Murray.
A man regrets his life because he got married in High School and skipped college. His wife is divorcing him and his kids don't like him. A magical janitor makes him 17 years old again, but the rest of the world stays the same.
I thought 16 Wishes (2010) was bad, this is worse. The writing seemed like someone was having serious mental problems to think this was ok. Jason Filardi (writer) has not been involved in very many films. The only other things I've seen were when he acted in The Craft (1996) and Ricky 6 (2000) as an extra. I must assume that he has a developmental disability (A.K.A. he's a retard). The plot was a bad idea to begin with and stayed terrible throughout the duration. The shallow characters did not develop. Some of them changed slightly and the protagonist had his cookie cutter awakening, but I would not classify that as a dynamic character. This type of film just feels so contrived and forced that I can't see how 1: the filmmakers think it will work while creating it or 2: anyone can enjoy watching it. The video was mostly bright and saturated, but the audio surprised me with lots of audible dialogue. That and the Brian Doyle-Murray cameo (image) were the only good things about it. I rate this shit because you would have to be retarded to like it. DO NOT WATCH!
An American comedy directed by Fred Savage, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Lochlyn Munro, Richard Gant, Paul Rae and Brian Doyle-Murray.
A father running a day care decides that his son must attend the summer camp that he attended. He buys it from the previous owner and has trouble with the leader of the neighboring camp. He has problems with his military father, but calls him in to help anyway. This is all leading up to an olympiad sporting competition between the two camps.
Hokey and sappy beyond reason. I get that the filmmakers were trying to make a kids camp film like the plethora of 1980s examples of this genre. However, it did not succeed in this goal because about 20 years have passed since this genre was a viable option. It has 1% on Rotten Tomatoes and is considered one of the worst sequels. The only film that I liked Cuba Gooding Jr. in was As Good as It Gets (1997) because he played outside his character, ordering Jack Nicholson around. This did have the physical and toilet humor of 1980s kids camp films, but something besides that turned my stomach. I think that bad writing and dialogue combined with modern, sleek production to create something deeply unholy. 1980s films of the genre used good writing and dialogue with crappy production to create something that felt more real. I rate this bad because it's not the worst, but very close. Don't watch it.
