Why so much hype?

Just so...so bad

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

All hot chocolate poured over cold steel.I know the concept, I write stories myself.This one? Underperforming. While the story premise held promise, and I expected something cute, this came in very low, a major disappointment.The girls are 'there' without really being made much of. They are just there, like they are filling in the positions set out for them. Not much zing to them. Okay, I hear ya, I hear ya, I am not trying to pretend to be some disaffected cool dude on this subject. I am far from that. Very far. I am grading against what I have seen in all my years (check out my list of DVDs in my collection if you go to my IMDb home page) and compared to rival Hollywood standards, nothing special about these girls. Nothing especially exciting. The camera-work doesn't do much to create buzz, hell, not even some tantalizing leg shots... okay, in the few cheerleader scenes, there was... But I'm talking about the sorority house...Let me tell you something else. They're also verging on sliding down the evolutionary ladder. Slacker attitudes. Post-modern attitudes re body piercing and tattoos. Hell, according to Roland, chewing bubble-gum is the symbol of declining attitudes in the modern world? I don't mind that. That's just some chewing. That could be spat out. No, look at the decline caused by, gee what am I gonna sum it up as? A sorta funky look. Yeah, that's it.That Kelli girl has a doll-face. And Monica I've been watching in other movies. Why would pretty things wanna besmirch their faces with crappy red designs that look like open sores? Ugh.Standards are slipping, people. Listen to this old guy. The zenith of excitement was the Nineties with the Soft Look. Now every adventurous girl is tattoo and body-piercing mad. Just one thing about that: HIGHLY UNATTRACTIVE, and attractive only to the lowest of the lower classes.Okay, after all that, now, to get back to the movie. I think, despite that this could have been something, Tommy must have seen the script and knew it wasn't exactly a wonderful project, and he took it to supplement his income. Okay, there is also having to come and work every day with lotsa young people around. But this movie... Hell, people, that bad it ain't, BUT think about what this could have been. Could have been. But is not.And, for those of you who don't agree, LOOK AT IT AGAIN. Burt Reynolds in CLOUD 9, hoo boy, I zapped that one here on IMDb too, but WHEN IT CAME TO PRETTY GIRLS, THAT ONE KNEW THE MAGIC KEY!Yeah, compare it to CLOUD 9. And weep.I rest my case.

I kept this quiet for a while. But I feel there are way too many serious gritty angry films that are plaguing the auditoriums in many big theaters. What happened to the fantasy? The Wisdom? The Light nature of films that happened back in the day? Before the gritty realism drama movies came along, we had movies like Man of The House. Critically panned and a flop at the box office, it is highly underrated. This is a good example of movies with a light heart before all these dang furious movies came out in the 10's. Plot? Texas Ranger Roland Sharp tries to protect Rebellious Teenage Cheerleaders at a University after they witness the murder of a man. At first they don't get along and Sharp sets rules in the house they live in. But soon enough they find themselves liking this person. But are they really safe with him?When I was first watching it, I was like "Well, These cheerleaders are going to be super dumb." They kind of made them dumb in the beginning! But they actually turned out to be smart realistic teenage cheerleaders. That made me surprised. I really enjoyed the company of these five cheerleaders and they made me laugh.Tommy Lee Jones is also awesome in this movie too! He has some really funny stuff to do in the movie including a scene with handcuffs! I actually do like this film a lot because not only is it smart in most cases, but it has a really good script, a great cast and some really funny scenes! Only complaint I have though is that it is a bit bloody in some places even though it's a PG-13. But this film was really well made! I wish more films were like this now. But I guess we will have to settle with our humorous superhero films for now.89/100 B+

A light story with a somewhat uncommon basic premise, this movie serves us a decent developed story. The side complications with the daughter is nice because it doesn't take too much duration and serves as a nice ingredient to the mix, although it plays a part on the finale. It's nice to see this type of comedy once in a while. The jokes are average, although I must admit that some are indeed funny even to my self- proclaimed high standard. I personally liked some of the short dialog jokes, like when Sharp answers the man in the pool house when the man says he knows karate. The rest of the practical jokes are frankly not that funny though. The acting is quite decent for me. It's nice to see Tommy Lee Jones can handle being in-frame with younger actresses well. Although she has seen her prime age, adding Anne Archer here is indeed one nice move.

answer-they all move faster than this movie.man,this thing is a real coma inducing yawner.the rating is higher than i think it should be(5.3/10).if you're expecting to laugh,you can forget about it.this movie has very little going for it.i can only come up with two positives.one is Anne Archer,who is still a stunner at age 57 in 2005,when this movie was released.the other positive is that there were a couple good songs.other than that,it's painful experience and a loss of 100 minutes of life,which will not come back.i didn't think this would be a great movie,but i thought it might be decent.i found it hard to actually finish watching,but i stuck with it.hopefully i can convince others not to waste their precious time.for me, "Man of the House" is a 3/10