Saturday, 28 February 2015

Bad script

Bad Neighbours (2014)

Directed by Nicholas Stoller this film stars Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne and Zac Efron. New parents missing their freedom end up in a war against the fraternity that moves in next to them.

It would seem this film has a simple premise that is hard to mess up and yet it manages to do so by having a muddle of character motivations and pretty unearned changes at the end. The character arcs do not really work and I found it impossible to route for any of the characters, the script is frustrating as it contains some decent elements but they are never properly realised. There are some funny moments but the film never fulfils it's potential of comparing different generations under going big moments of change in their lives.


2/5

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