August 11, 2015
Movie Review: Neighbors
Honestly, I can be a little bit of a movie snob, and I wasn't planning on watching this one based on the poster. But I did enjoy Neighbors quite a bit.
It was good-n-funny, often switching into absurd mode for just the right amount of time. It had adorable babies, and it even had a moral. And a Franco, lolz.
After enjoying Rose Byrne playing American, it was nice (and odd) to hear her real voice.
They even wrote her being Australian into the script. The other great thing about her character is that she is more an equal partner with her husband, rather than the shrew trying to change the man.
There were awesome cameos, including the Workaholics guys (one of my favorite sitcoms), and they provided something I WANT from my Horror movies, but don't always get: a super great 'startle'!
The only thing that I felt detracted from the movie was it was a little 'loose' on the improv. When a tv show or movie uses improvisation, it's best if it's seamless, that we the audience can't really tell when it's improved vs. when it's scripted. (Or if it's all improved, it doesn't seem that way.) The improv in Neighbors got away from itself a few times, even seeming to change the storyline midway through a scene, or way over explaining. A couple times, they just let the improv go too long, like the shirtless scene at the end. That could have been under the credits, it wasn't needed in the story!
But they couldn't put the naked chests in the credits, the credits had the babies dressed up as some of the characters, super cute!
It was good-n-funny, often switching into absurd mode for just the right amount of time. It had adorable babies, and it even had a moral. And a Franco, lolz.
After enjoying Rose Byrne playing American, it was nice (and odd) to hear her real voice.
They even wrote her being Australian into the script. The other great thing about her character is that she is more an equal partner with her husband, rather than the shrew trying to change the man.
There were awesome cameos, including the Workaholics guys (one of my favorite sitcoms), and they provided something I WANT from my Horror movies, but don't always get: a super great 'startle'!
The only thing that I felt detracted from the movie was it was a little 'loose' on the improv. When a tv show or movie uses improvisation, it's best if it's seamless, that we the audience can't really tell when it's improved vs. when it's scripted. (Or if it's all improved, it doesn't seem that way.) The improv in Neighbors got away from itself a few times, even seeming to change the storyline midway through a scene, or way over explaining. A couple times, they just let the improv go too long, like the shirtless scene at the end. That could have been under the credits, it wasn't needed in the story!
But they couldn't put the naked chests in the credits, the credits had the babies dressed up as some of the characters, super cute!
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| Baby Elise and Baby Zoey played Baby Stella |
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