Another bad series. I decided to check this out even though I knew it was cancelled after 2 seasons. Supposedly a dark comedy horror fantasy series this fails at all of them. The acting is average, but all the characters are unlikable or annoying. Nobody acts or talks like these people do. The daughter who is supposed to be in high school is clearly played by an actress in her 20's. While I don't care or get offended by swearing in movies there is a point where it's just ridiculous and over the top distracting. There are so many F bombs as well as everything else in this it's just silly. The wife randomly bangs the younger handyman in the kitchen and 3 months later the husband is acting like nothing big happened and is pretty much begging her to have sex with him. I mean
really, 3 months and they kind of treat it like a running joke around the house. The humor is weird and never funny, the so called 'horror' consists of jump scares and loud noises. The cinematography and camera angles look like a cheap CW show. Actually now that I think about it other then the language it's all very tame and
PG-13. I made it through 2 episodes and that was enough. It may get more woke as it goes on but in that time the only woke I really saw was maybe some DEI in secondary characters, the cuck husband and the next door neighbors are Asian and the daughter immediately goes after the Asian son. I'm actually surprised this made it a second season before getting dumped.

The other review here is pretty much spot on. 1970's dark comedy that plays a bit like a bunch of skits edited together into a full
length movie. There are some great one liners and laugh out loud moments mixed in with some darker more serious stuff. The acting is
pretty good and it is definitely politically incorrect by today's standards but it holds up pretty well and is worth a watch. It's not really woke even though racism and feminist rights are a theme, it's accurate to the time period and not in a preachy in your face way. For me it's somewhere between a 3.5 and a 4 so I rounded up for this one to a 4. If you like older movies not afraid to push the boundaries on dark humor maybe give this one a shot.

Nothing woke. Listed as a comedy, drama, action, it's more comedy than anything though there is some well done action. Good acting all around and the comedy is pretty funny in a sort of 90's buddy cop style movie but with hitmen instead. Older hitman is hiding for botching a job and looking to retire but has to teach his bosses bumbling son how to be a man and prepare to take over the family business by taking him on jobs. The writing is pretty good and the two leads work well together. The comedy only occasionally goes into the absurd and the weakest parts of the movie are the weird larping scenes. Those are few and easy to get past. Overall a good watch if you like buddy cop style action comedies.

I'm sorry but this was awful. The acting is ok at best. Leary gives a subdued bored performance. Nobody is likable at all in this, especially the mom who is the central character and narrates the entire movie. She complains the entire movie that nobody pays attention to her and she has it so hard and nobody appreciates her yet she is a horrible self absorbed person who makes everything about her and actually ignores others while they are literally having a conversation with her. I would go so far as to say she has a mental disorder as she spends most of the movie acting deranged and not in a funny way. There are very few laughs to be had. The writing is abysmal and nothing makes sense. She's obsessed with a stupid tv personality and sends messages to her kids that there is a contest, but doesn't tell them she wants to be entered and they don't watch the stupid show so how would they know? She gets mad and seems to have a complete mental breakdown when they don't enter her. The entire family leaves to go to a disturbing kids Christmas basically male stripshow for some creepy reason and she gets left behind and nobody notices until they are all inside watching the creepshow. They all have phones and she has her own car but rather than call or just go meet them herself she does what any irrational mental patient would do and abandons her family without telling them anything to drive to CA for the stupid housewife tv show contest. The writing is beyond implausible and it just gets dumber and more ridiculous as it goes on. The jokes aren't funny at all and there are only a few humorous moments in the entire movie. The scene transitions are abrupt and jarring with poor editing. Multiple out of place weird dance sequences with characters that aren't funny. As for woke....well the first scene is the mom going on a rant about how Christmas movies are all about men while the wives and moms get ignored and they are the ones who do everything. The usual feminist oppression men have it made bs. All the male characters are losers, or betas, or just pathetic. The daughter is a successful writer while her husband (who acts very gay) is pathetic who has an odd obsession with the lesbian sister liking him. The son is a loser without a job who's girlfriend leaves him then falls for the Asian neighbor who is naturally very successful. The husband seems to do nothing all day and can't even manage to put together a doll house without calling in 2 male friends so they can sit around acting like confused morons who still can't figure it out. Who gives a giant pink doll house to both twin kids when one is a boy anyway!! The husband also has a breakdown when his wife leaves and starts crying saying he can't do anything without her and he won't survive. Back to the lesbian daughter, whos entire character is 'I'm a lesbian who can't find love so I go around banging every other lesbian I can find.' The Asian neighbor who lives across the street with entire Asian family except for the white husband, need to get that mixed race punch card filled. There is yet another scene toward the end with a bunch of
females sitting around male bashing and complaining how unappreciated moms and women are and they do everything and nobody helps them.

The only woke is maybe some DEI casting in secondary characters, but race is never mentioned or made an issue so I just can't bring
myself to give it a woke rating. This was a surprise find I had never heard of and just stumbled across. Surviving WWII vet travels alone
to France for the 70th anniversary of D-Day. There are some very funny scenes and lines and a really great performance by Caine in particular
but really everyone involved. There is also a lot of very real looks at veteran trauma and grief both past and present after coming home from
service. Based on a true story this can be hilarious laugh out loud one minute and very sad the next. Absolutely excellent movie.

Doesn't really hold up so well as back in the day. This was supposed to be the big break out action movie for The Rock and it's a decent watch although not as good as I remember when I first saw it. He's still young and not yet become the loudmouth douche political pawn he his today.
The acting is decent and most of the FX are good save for some shoddy cgi scenes, but it is 2008 so still not too bad. There are some
funny scenes and the action is over the top, loud and cartoonish. It's probably more of a 3.5 really but I rounded it up to 4. As for
woke, well it's the usual evil rich white man taking advantage of the good noble natives and the leader of the rebellion is female. Walken plays a good over the top villain and there are a few preachy scenes but nothing too bad in my opinion. If you've never seen it before and watching it for the first time the woke score probably goes up and the movie score goes down.

Nothing woke. A thief gets trapped in a small town after a botched robbery with his drunk bumbling partner and hijacks an extremely dysfunctional couple while trying to figure a way to escape. This is not your tradition family friendly Christmas movie but it is a hilarious one.
It's very 90's but it holds up well. Great performances and humor just don't expect a happy hallmark movie.

While there are a few comments that could be considered wokish they are done in the context of a joke and for humor and not preachy or forced so I'm not marking it for that. This is another yearly watch for the holidays for us. Good acting and writing. While the jokes are good and well done it's more of a solid humorous Christmas movie than a laugh out loud one though there are some of those as well.

This will not be for everyone but it's become part of the regular Christmas watching rotation for us for years now. The comedy is pretty good but it is a 90's movie so there's some sappy romance stuff mixed in as well. Cage and Lovitz work well together with their comedic timing. Carvey's performance is a little one note and while he has some decent comedic scenes his constant Klepto and over the top stupidity starts to get old halfway through the movie. The FBI agent and the mother have some great scenes as well. Whether or not you will like this probably will depend largely on your like of the 90's and the 3 lead actors.
There is nothing woke.

Not really woke. There is one 2 second scene of a lonely man in a window who has another man come up to him and give him a kiss
on the cheek and he smiles and they both walk away implying a gay couple. It's a very short scene and it's done in the context of a joke. The characters are never seen again or before this. I Don't see any reason to ding it for that one thing. This is a watchable Christmas movie despite Affleck's horrendous performance. I don't know if he was directed to do this or if it's his fault. His character is so annoying and his acting is terrible. He does this weird high pitched whiney high energy annoying voice that is awful. The strange thing is there are a couple of scenes were
he is a normal person and his acting is fine and his voice is normal. His character has some great jokes and lines that would be funny if not
for his bad acting and voice. The saving grace though and the real reason to watch this is the performances by James Gandolfini and Catherine O'Hare. Those two steal the show with excellent acting and hilarious jokes. Applegate has some good scenes but those 2 are by far the highlight.