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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 340769" data-attributes="member: 23">The Upside (2017)

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I&#039;ve no idea how this ended up in my watchlist, but it fitted the bill last night when I was in the mood for a 2 hour + film that wasn&#039;t too heavy.

Probably helping things, I wasn&#039;t familiar with the two lead actors. Bryan Cranston seems very familiar and looking at his IMDb I&#039;ve watched him in some small guest-roles (mostly from decades before this), but I thought he gave a knockout performance. Nicole Kidman is a familiar face (with only one expression at that. Still, she was perfectly acceptable here). I had no idea who Kevin Hart is, but thought he gave a reasonable performance, particularly in the interactions with his estranged partner and son. However, I never found him at all likeable which made it difficult to buy the growing connection between the two men. Consequently some of his &quot;rebellious&quot; actions felt more tiresome than endearing. The scene where he laughed at the opera is an example of this. The character just seemed like a douche. And in a key scene where Dell smashed Philip&#039;s belongings he gave out so little sense of empathy towards the other character, it seemed Dell was simply still the same thug he was when he barged into the interview, hiding his thuggery behind a more altruistic motive, so there was a frustrating lack of a sense of journey or growth for the character. Reading about Hart&#039;s homophobic tweets and jokes when looking up information on the actors this morning has soured me on him even more, and puts an even more unpleasant spin on the scene where his character made a huge deal out of changing Philip&#039;s catheter.

Even though it seemed to have been universally panned by critics, I thought it was a perfectly watchable film. However, I didn&#039;t know until after it was over that it was a remake of a French film called The&nbsp; Intouchables. While I don&#039;t regret watching The Upside, frankly I suspect I&#039;d have preferred to have watched the original than an unnecessary Hollywood karaoke version.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 340769, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]The Upside [/SIZE][/B](2017) [IMG width="449px"]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.collider.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F10%2Fthe-upside-poster.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=1604e2d36f2f475878b0d98254dbec5a7f8b1d8a16c7a238ff8f88a64006fa70&ipo=images[/IMG] I've no idea how this ended up in my watchlist, but it fitted the bill last night when I was in the mood for a 2 hour + film that wasn't too heavy. Probably helping things, I wasn't familiar with the two lead actors. Bryan Cranston seems very familiar and looking at his IMDb I've watched him in some small guest-roles (mostly from decades before this), but I thought he gave a knockout performance. Nicole Kidman is a familiar face (with only one expression at that. Still, she was perfectly acceptable here). I had no idea who Kevin Hart is, but thought he gave a reasonable performance, particularly in the interactions with his estranged partner and son. However, I never found him at all likeable which made it difficult to buy the growing connection between the two men. Consequently some of his "rebellious" actions felt more tiresome than endearing. The scene where he laughed at the opera is an example of this. The character just seemed like a douche. And in a key scene where Dell smashed Philip's belongings he gave out so little sense of empathy towards the other character, it seemed Dell was simply still the same thug he was when he barged into the interview, hiding his thuggery behind a more altruistic motive, so there was a frustrating lack of a sense of journey or growth for the character. Reading about Hart's homophobic tweets and jokes when looking up information on the actors this morning has soured me on him even more, and puts an even more unpleasant spin on the scene where his character made a huge deal out of changing Philip's catheter. Even though it seemed to have been universally panned by critics, I thought it was a perfectly watchable film. However, I didn't know until after it was over that it was a remake of a French film called [I]The Intouchables[/I]. While I don't regret watching [I]The Upside[/I], frankly I suspect I'd have preferred to have watched the original than an unnecessary Hollywood karaoke version.[/CENTER] [/QUOTE]

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