Hey there, on advice of a friend (you know who you are) I've decided to start doing movie reviews, and maybe on occasion TV shows (let's start small now). If you're wondering why, well I love movies! I know, I know, who doesn't? My mom was very influential in this love, my earliest memories were being so excited to go to the theatre to catch a flick or staying up late watching them at home, and even at times, laying quietly in the hall way peaking around the corner and watching the R-rated movies I wasn't technically allowed to. In college I ended up working at a now defunct movie rental place, I worked there all through college and took advantage of the 5 free rentals a week, needless to say, I've seen way too many movies. Now I'm no expert, but these are just my everyday woman's opinion and don't be surprised if they are only a few sentences long, if you've read my blog before I'm not the biggest on words!
And if you're wondering, I tend to love comedies and action. Think Air Force Once, Another Stakeout, Broken Arrow, Bad Boys type. And when a movie is really horrendous, I kind of love it even more...so proceed with caution knowing that!
For my first review now, it's Jason Bateman's new movie Bad Words!
I thought this movie was hilarious. It's about an adult man taking the National Spelling Bee on when he finds a loop hole and wants revenge. If you are at all easily offended, don't see this movie. If you love a good laugh and appreciate dark humor, this is for you! The audience at the screening actually physically gasped a number of times at how offensive some of the jokes are in the movie, but those gasps were also followed up by laughter. Bateman, who normally comes off as the good All American type of man, plays his role hysterically and sheds that good guy image in a believable way. The movie's other costars besides Bateman are Rohan Chand (a non-annoying child actor, thank you!), and two of my favorite comedy actresses: Allison Janney and Kathryn Hahn.
For Bateman's first directorial debut I thought he did an excellent job. I tend to get annoyed when there are pointless unnecessary shots in a movie and Bad Words contained none of those shots. The movie moved at a quick pace (89 minutes) and I laughed for most of it. At the end I'd give it 3.5 out 5!
Here is Bad Words Red Band Trailer:
Bad Words was also a great stress relief after a long a stressful few days for me - it definitely lightened up my mood and made me smile!