We don’t watch movies as often as we used to. In fact we’ve been in a drought some time, but we had this one on the DVR from a while back (HBO), and it was only 90 minutes, so why not?
I knew the set-up from the commercials, Tina Fey and Steve Carell are a married couple in a rut, go outside their comfort zone to try and spice things up, and get into all kinds of zany trouble. The film quickly breaks down into a cartoon, but since you sort of see that coming I didn’t find it distracting.
The best parts were probably the cameos. I have to mention William Fichtner, if just to mention him (he chewed the scenery quite a bit, I’d say). Mark Wahlberg was good, I almost always enjoy his comedic turns because he plays the characters so straight. The lack of winking at the audience elevates the performance. But the best scene was probably the one with James Franco and Mila Kunis, they were awesome. Freaks & Geeks and That 70s show FTW! That said, good lord what happened to Ray Liotta? It seemed like they started filming in a restaurant, he was there eating, and they just stuck him in before he knew what was happening.
Anyway, nothing brilliant about the film, kudos for avoiding some obvious cliches like putting the children in danger. No regrets, but no lasting memories either.