Beanbioca
As Good As It Gets
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Nicole
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
rmwilliams-18922
TO MAKE US LAUGH! There doesn't need to be any deeper messages or symbolism. This movie made me laugh harder than any other movie I've seen, and the humor was consistent throughout. Who cares if it wasn't "artistic" in a sense? That's not the goal. The purpose of the movie is to make us laugh at stupid stuff, and the cast went far and beyond that purpose. Dave Franco takes this movie to a whole new level, he plays his character perfectly. I am in utter shock of how bad of ratings this movie got, because it is my favorite comedy! That being said, my taste is stupid humor that lacks thought; however, that type of humor is the humor of the 21st century. There are no intelligent jokes, no well-thought out scenes, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
benkarklins
So, I don't know why this has such a negative rating on Netflix and IMDb. I mean, I do know why...it's predictable and uses an outdated template for feel good movies. But it still makes you feel GOOD. Which is the whole point, right? I mean, who doesn't like Vince Vaughn? He's gold. Anyway, I thought this definitely deserved an up vote. If you find yourself rooting for the good guys then the movie makers have done their job. Solid 7/10
jtindahouse
Vince Vaughn is such a misunderstood commodity. Film makers seem to think of him as a Seth Rogen type actor, where you can just give him any old script and he will improvise enough to make it work. Rogen can do that, Vaughn can not. When Vaughn is at his best is in films like 'Old School' and 'Wedding Crashers' where he has both a very strong script and also very strong comedic actors around him for him to play off. That's what he does best, play off other actors with perfect biting sarcasm. 'Unfinished Business' does and not have a strong script, and even more so it certainly does not have a strong cast. This was a complete misfire.I think I briefly chuckled once the entire film. There was simply nothing funny going on here. What's more it was often quite depressing. There are a lot of story arcs that are an absolute downer and have no place being in a comedy film. Dave Franco was also absolutely dreadful. He played one of the worst character I can ever remember seeing in a film. The brain dead character can be funny ('Dumb and Dumber' perfected it) , but here it was just another depressing element to the film. I felt genuinely sorry for the character, he was going to have a very hard life. That's not something that ever crossed my mind in 'Dumb and Dumber'. Tom Wilkinson was also an absolute waste of space. He offered nothing in the comedy department, and nothing in any other compartment for that matter. The script gave these guys nothing, but they also didn't do themselves any favours.This is a horrible movie from start to finish. I think it was trying to be a raunchy, fun, party film while also having a heart. Unfortunately, even the raunchy scenes are dull and lacking in creativity. There really isn't any thing to like here. Even if you're a huge Vaughn fan, give this one a miss. It will only taint him for you.
Andrew Gold
I love gratuitousness in comedies. Movies like Harold & Kumar push the envelope so far as to what's appropriate to laugh at that it just becomes absurdly entertaining. I also love comedy in my comedies. Sadly, Vince Vaughn's latest alleged comedy Unfinished Business has all the gratuitousness you could ever want, but falls short on the funny.It is intermittently amusing. And by that I mean a few moments make you smile, chuckle even, due to the ridiculousness of the situation they're in. The cast - Vince Vaughn, Dave Franco, and Tom Wilkinson - are fine. Nick Frost also has a small role, which should have been fleshed out because he has the most entertaining parts of the movie. The problem is the material just isn't good. The writing is choppy, uneven, and distractingly terrible. It would've been better for the cast to improv for an hour-and-a-half, that would at least be entertaining. The story here tries to tie together an explicit raunchy comedy with a homely family drama and a vain attempt at a business narrative that revolves completely around "the handshake." It just makes no sense, from a cohesion standpoint and a movie-making standpoint - how on earth was this green-lit? Who was the audience for this? Certainly not kids, definitely not adults. Who thought this was a good idea?It's a shame because I really like Vince Vaughn. He is fine in the movie, as is the rest of the cast, but they have absolutely nothing to work with. Throwing all the boobs and penises in the world on screen does not make a good comedy. At the end of the day, Unfinished Business should have been left unfinished.
