I should have listened to my gut on this one. I didn’t especially have any desire to see this movie, but it was getting good reviews (currently 62/100 Metacritic, 77% Rotten Tomatoes) so I thought, what the hell. It ended up being exactly what I expected, and that’s not a good thing.
If you are a fan of Kevin Hart’s comedic style, this one is for you. Vulgar and crass, it gets you to laugh on shock value alone, but even that gets old 20-30 minutes in. This movie is basically 100 minutes of Kevin Hart standup, with an extremely generic romantic-comedy story carrying you through to the end. Boy meets girl, they fall in love, they go through a rough patch, they work it out in the end. I don’t think I’m giving anything away by saying that. The plot is so full of stereotypes and clichés that honestly it is hard to watch at times.
Kevin Hart is the man of the hour right now, having been in a run of box office hits. Even in his misses, he is often reviewed as the one shining moment, and even though I’m not a fan, I can appreciate his current run. I feel like if he wasn’t on such a high right now, this movie would not be getting the attention it is. But to each his own.
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