The revenge comedy, which had its world premiere at TIFF, pairs the seasoned pros as estranged friends who reunite to settle an old score.
were well primed to bring their finely honed comic chemistry to a larger canvas, such as the one offered by the new Paul Weitz feature,Unfortunately, they can only go so far in distracting from the fundamental tonal issues that never convincingly jibe with the film’s darker-edged themes.
Overlooking a blandly generic title that sounds like something Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau might have taken on back in the ’70s, the revenge-driven satire certainly seemed like the Weitz stuff, coming from a filmmaker who hasn’t shied away from blending social relevance in with the humor, as demonstrated in
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