Vacation

Vacation

New Line etc.

July 29, 2015

Comedy
DVD
D+

I was actually not a fan of the original Chevy Chase series, but I gave this a shot, since the cast sounded interesting. I tuned out before most of them showed up though.  The younger son is so obnoxious, and the overall humor so cringe (and not funny cringe), only Lindsey Buckingham could bump this up from a D.  John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein co-directed and co-wrote, and in 2018 they'd do the far superior Game Night.

Tag

Tag

New Line Cinema etc.

June 15, 2018

Comedy
DVD
C+

Sometimes funny but too uneven.  Jeff Tomsic directed.

Chappaquiddick

Chappaquiddick
Apex Entertainment
April 6, 2018
Historical Drama
DVD
D+

Flat telling of what should be a fascinating true story that changed American history.  John Curran directed, listlessly.

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
DreamWorks
June 2, 2017
Children's, Comedy, Fantasy
DVD
D+

This is one of the few movies I've walked out on in the theater, coincidentally at the quarter-hour mark, where the movie "ends" but nothing has actually happened.  And I like the Dav Pilkey books, but they're a lot faster-moving than this, which gets bogged down in too much set-up.  David Soren directed and contributed to the script.