Great Film overall

Beautiful, moving film.

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.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Lots of talent (bar the ludicrous Selena Gomez in a career-killing performance) but absolutely no inspiration. A clueless drama that trots out every awful cliché imaginable and is utterly predictable at every dreadful turn.

This film has Paul Rudd in the lead so I was interested in watching it, and I have now seen The Fundamentals of Caring and I actually really enjoyed watching this film. The premise of the film sees a man after suffering a personal tragedy becomes a carer for a disabled teenager and try and find himself again. As mentioned Paul Rudd is the lead in this film and he is fantastic in the role. he brings the humour to the role that you would expect but I was particularly impressed with his dramatic work in this film. In the last few years he has improved immensely as an actor and this film is one of his best overall performances. Craig Roberts plays Trevor the teenager Rudd is caring for and he is great in this film, the chemistry and relationship between him and Rudd really drives this film forward and is easily the best part of this film. Selena Gomez is in this film as sort of a romance for Trevor and she does a decent job in this film with a fun attitude bought to this film. However, there are a few characters in this film that were completely unnecessary and just poorly acted that took me out of the film. The story as mentioned before is at its strongest when it focuses on the relationship between Rudd and Roberts and it really develops really well and it is really well handled. Though as mentioned before this film has some elements in it that feels forced and unnecessary to detract from the overall quality of the film. The script is really good, the humour is obviously pretty funny having me laughing quite a lot of times. The drama though was also really well handled and saw me buying into the majority of the dramatic moments in the film. The style of the film could have been mishandled very easily but it is very well done, the mix of humour and drama really works and the pacing makes this film an easy watch. Overall this is a great journey to watch that will have you entertained for the majority and is definitely worth watching.

Where to start? The stars are for Craig who did his best with poor material, but not sure what a Welsh lad was playing at with an accent that seemed all over the place. Mother - accent and attitude grated from the first line she spoke - why not get an English actor or just let her be American by changing the plot a little, doubt it would have made any difference. I gave up 22 minutes before the end, when the second "road trip" character made an awkward appearance and the dialogue between her and Rudd was so stiff and unconvincing I just couldn't bear to continue watching. The "caring" by Rudd was totally unprofessional, and downright abusive at times, always deciding what Trev was going to do, never seemed caring. Manhandling a patient in this day and age?? Apparently it's supposed to be a comedy - had a little chuckle at the cheesy start in the classroom with the acronym. From then on all downhill, NOT funny just dropping in a naughty word now and again and joking about ass wiping. I think they missed an opportunity to have a fart scene with cigar-smoking Selena letting rip... (oh how hilarious, what a character that girl is) Maybe they did, after I switched off... I expect the pregnant woman didn't get through the whole journey with baby inside. I don't care what happened with Trev's dad. Waste of time.

From the beginning of the movie I got confused thinking weather this is a good movie or not, because I founded that the script is really good but the directing wasn't, compared to the script, it was creative, entertaining and sarcastic.I didn't watch the trailer or read anything about the movie before I watched it, therefore I didn't know that it was based on a novel, and that's the reason of the fact that the script is well written.A thing that I didn't enjoy in the movie was the soundtrack, it was nice music but it didn't fit the scenes, although the songs were written for especially for the movie.