The Comeback Trail

The Coen brothers would have worked wonders here, but the director and co-writer George Gallo (he co-wrote Bad Boys) drives everything into increasingly silly sight gags...

I won't risk calling this movie a miracle, but if this year has left you in desperate need of a good laugh, look no further.

It's a premise that could have produced a few laughs, but the chutzpah that went into Midnight Run has gone missing and everybody -- director and actors -- clearly feel they have to work very hard to make it hang together.

The star-studded cast can’t save this incompetent would-be comedy that doesn’t even understand how movies are made.

It's my hunch that the original was marginally more rewarding because expectations would have been lower without big name stars who agreed, for some reason or another, to take part in this remake.

It almost works. [Full Review in Spanish]

Unlike so many of his recent crimes against cinema, De Niro here appears engaged, enthusiastic and is genuinely funny.

It's not another "Vanquish," which is as close to praise one can muster for a Gallo endeavor these days.

The Comeback Trail sings the praises of the power of the movies to inspire and transform lives. Film fans may enjoy the sentiment but they likely won't be as impressed by the slack pacing and obvious telegraphing of joke after joke.

De Niro, Freeman and Jones, surprisingly, are the ones who keep the movie The Comeback Trail afloat. [Full review in Spanish]