Sadly Over-hyped

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Great to see Kevin Kline in a witty role again. Cleverly written lines give some snickers, excellent techniques at times transported me. The physical slapstick was a little off, but the gags made up for it. If you like Kevin Kline, you'll like this movie. Give it a try. It will appeal to the astute mind. The rich old women are entertaining and the glimpses of the other side of life are sensitively done, with tongue in cheek. The metaphor of the pigeons is a clever one observed by Henry (Kevin Kline) himself, in this high-brow yet Oscar Wildeish thrust-and-parry into the world of the Henry and his protégé, the young gentleman. Ending on a feel-good note with the credits rolling to a zany variation of a Marc Bolan written T-Rex number 'Dandy in the Underworld'. 8/10.

I have never written a review because there are usually enough to give a somewhat fair representation of what a film is like. But today, I am making an exception because after viewing 20 minutes of this God awful trash, I took a peek at the reviews here and I am convinced they were written by shills. There is absolutely no way, NO WAY, a sane human being can give this more than 4 stars. I say 4 even though I gave it 1 because I am allowing for individual preferences.This is seriously the worst trash I have seen in a long time. The reviews here, the 8s and 9s and 10s... Are you kidding me? Watch this movie at your own risk. Do your self a favor before you do and make sure that there are no sharp objects around, no rope and absolutely no gun. Oh, and be sure to watch it from a 1-storey bungalow... in a house that has an electric oven, not gas. The temptation to off yourself will be much too great.

An interesting movie, full of off beat laughs and phenomenal acting by Kevin Kline and Paul Dano and John C. Reilly. Intellectually stimulating, fun, and most importantly, different than the average movie. Paul Dano is brilliantly cast as a young writer who has some confusion about his sexuality and also feels he is meant to be in another era. Kevin Kline is hilarious as an off beat character whose political and social views are quite out of the ordinary. The movie allows the audience to ponder, while not being overly ambiguous. The scene at the beach when John C. Reilly sings and Kevin Kline teaches Paul Dano to dance, is a keeper for my memory bank. "Get me off this Godforsaken beach. I need alcohol and civilization".

I sought out this film as John C. Reilly and Kevin Kline were listed.The opening was fey, but with the star power, I discarded my feelings and waited.As it continued, I found myself taking breaks- making phone calls, a sandwich, even contemplated taking up smoking, before returning to see how this would end.Enter John C Reilly, an actor I admire, with falsetto- good grief! "Springtime for Hitler" immediately sprang to mind.So, in closing, my initial thought of 'insipid' carries my overall view.