Directed by – Dylan Kidd
Starring – Miles Teller; Bryan Cranston; Anna Kendrick; Christopher Mintz-Plasse; Alison Brie; Nicholas Braun; Brandon T. Jackson; Marcia Gay Harden.
Running Time – 79 Minutes (1 hour 19 minutes)
★★
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The irony of me reviewing a film about getting a job, whilst being unemployed myself is not lost. This is also a film that is aimed at us millennials and in some parts it did hit on some truths.
Recent college graduates Will (Teller) and Jillian (Kendrick) quickly encounter the struggles millennials face in today’s highly competitive job market. When Will’s job falls through and Jillian gets laid off, the young couple and their friends must endure public humiliation, hazing, and surprise drug tests to ultimately launch their fledgeling careers.
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With such a great idea about millennials and how we feel “self-entitled” as we were told we were great at a young age and basically life doesn’t work like that. Then there’s the decent talented cast with Teller, Cranston and Kendrick, but it fails to get going and for a comedy falls flat.
The film is sort of split into three stories you have Will’s story, Roger’s (Cranston) story and the others. Out of the three, it was Roger’s story that connects more, as his is more relatable.
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The only other positive thing was seeing John C. McGinley basically playing Dr Cox from Scrubs who swears. Then there’s Brie, whose character Tanya is completely pointless, but did her best with the material given.
The one thing that annoyed me most, apart from the fact it wasn’t funny, was they wasted a talented actress like Kendrick in the role of Will’s girlfriend because that’s all there was to know about her there was no development in her character. While I found Will just a completely unlikeable.
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The other thing that bugged the living crap out of me was the cliché, four guys living together and they all smoke pot. I find it very hard to believe every guy who lives with other males smokes weed.
The script was incredibly basic and went to lowest common juvenile jokes. I generally believe this is a good idea and if you’re a film student because they’ll have smarter and funnier ideas.
This is the sort of film you could watch on a lazy Sunday on Netflix/Amazon Prime and I doubt it won’t be too long it does show up on those services.
Verdict
The only people to come out of this is positively is Cranston. The film lacked comedy and Kendrick was underused, but it does speak to the millennial generation. Wait until this film shows up on Netflix or Amazon Prime and watch it on a lazy Sunday.
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