REVIEW: Owen Wilson crafts a first-rate Ross imitation but drops him into a weak-tea 'All About Eve' retread, which seems like a missed opportunity.
writer-director Brit McAdams’ comedy about a regional TV star fighting for his afternoon timeslot against a younger artist, it’s likely because of that still at the top of this review, the one that made the rounds. There’s Wilson with brush in hand, hairdo pouffed to the heavens and channeling the kitsch icon to a tee. It was a first-rate tease — a single image that inherently promised a version of our man Bob filtered through irony, 60-grit dry wit, and a slight Texas twang.
?” Everyone knew this wasn’t going to be a straight-up Bob Ross biopic, but what that single shot presupposed was: What if we had a whole comic performance done in the key of that one Eli Cash line? It was the smartest thing the filmmakers could have done to gin up anticipation for this modest, quirkier-than-thou indie, and also the worst. True to’s pre-release press, this is not a retelling of the life and times of the public-TV superstar. Long before the film’s end, however, you will dearly wish it were. No one’s asking for more rags-to-riches biopics in the world. We’ve suffered enough.
-level parody of the pledge-drive Rembrandt that’s both ludicrous and affectionate — and simply dropping him into a weak-tearetread seems like a bit of a missed opportunity. Why bother having a talented actor riff on a beloved television presence so rich with meta-commentary possibilities, and ripe for mockery, if you’re just going to let the fruits of his labor die slowly on the vine?
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