Kat Dennings

I don?t know what I expected when I started watching this film, everything about it screams shit but I took the advice of a friend and watched it anyway. It?ll be the last time I listen to that friend about movies. I suppose the first clue would have to be Hilary Duff. Just because she can sing relatively decently does not mean that she should be thrown into every film that involves a character singing. I believe they couldn?t have changed her voice anymore even if it was possible. I don?t think she sung one note properly for the duration of the film. Her character is annoying and you don?t feel sorry for her even if her brother did die. I can?t stand whiney characters and hers just takes the biscuit. The rest of the actors in the film give poor performances so when Duff fails to carry the film, falling back on the rest of the cast doesn?t work because they?re all rubbish as well. The plot isn?t a terrible one and if they characterisation was done to a higher standard, and choice of actors was different, then maybe the film would have had a chance. I heard that Evan Rachel Wood was originally going to play the lead, which was a much better choice, but what you going to do. If it was her, there would be something else wrong with the film.

Slightly stupid but continuously funny film. The laughs keep coming and you rarely get a chance to catch your breath before they are throwing more at you. Steve Carell is very funny and along with Paul Rudd and Seth Rogan they make a great team. A decent film I you fancy a night of laughs.

No where near as funny as the first one. I hate when they have a good thing going and then to make more money out of it they go and make a sequal because they think people will like it. No. I liked the first one. I thought it was mildly funny. This was just rubbish. The performances were awful. Martin Lawrence just wasn't as funny this time round which really does serve him right. The plot was just stupid and appears to just be thrown together which explains a lot. I wouldn't recommend anyone to see this film.

Brilliant film. I was just blown away by Anton Yelchin's performance. It really was excellent. He's not been in too many films and this was probably his first major role and he was brilliant. The character was really great to watch as well which helped a lot. Troubled and really just wanted to help people even if he didn't always go about it in the right way. I suppose a lot of teenagers could relate to him since a lot of us get quite a bad reputation no matter what we do nowadays. A stunning performance from Robert Downey Jr. as well. His performance stayed consistently good right the way through the film and then he did a scene at the end with a bottle of whiskey and a pistol and I have to say he really was brilliant. I think everyone knows about his drug and alcohol history and it was like he just channeled all of it into what he was doing which make you really feel for his character and him at the same time. Definatly a must see film.

I think it's great that this generation are finally producing teen movies that are credible and fun to watch, as appose to the crap that has been made so far.
Ever since watching Michael Cera in Arrested Development i'm hooked on everything he's in. And yet again he proves why this is the case. His character is what you would expect any casting director to give him, and although there will come a point when this will get old and he'll have to move on to something more, he's not quite reached that point just yet. And i'm glad because he does it so well. Lovable, vulnerable in some situations but with an air of confidence that shines every so often. His performance is very strong and he carries the film very well.
The first time i properly noticed Kat Dennings was when i watched Charlie Bartlett last year, and although she had quite a small role, there was just something about her that drew my attention. In the movie she showed potential. In this movie she proved it. I can really she her doing well in the future and think she's definatly one to watch.
The chemistry between Cera and Dennings is believable. Both of them do awkward very well, which was called for in this film.
The plot of the film is good and a lot of fun. I've not read the book on which this is based and although i liked it, it doesn't make me want to go out and buy the book. I have to admit I was expecting it to be just that little bit more fast paced. It starts off relatively slowly and by the middle of the film I couldn't really work out the intentions or what the point of any of this information i was given, was. But the ending pulled everything together very nicely and cleared up any thoughts I had.
It's a very nice film. I don't usually like using the word nice, actually i hate it. But that's what this film is, nice. Entertaining, lovable but it just lacked that special something that would make it great. However, from watching it once, I can't tell you what was missing. I liked it enough to see it again, so maybe i'll work out what it needed next time I see it.