Mr. Right

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Quirky killers are character studies. Sam Rockwell's performance as Mr. Right makes the best in this situation playing well off Anna Kendricks neuroses. Finding out that her boyfriend would like to have a three way with the girl he tried to sneak into their place at the last minute, priceless, but no cigar. Mr. Right is the hit-man with a heart of copper. He kills bad guys who want to take out contract kills on others. He's good at his job. He meets Anna at a bar and they hit it off immediately. Mayhem ensues and the body count begins. Mixed in all of this is the relationship of the two which is believable. The bad guys are cardboard cutouts but pliable enough for a killer comedy. Overall, it works in the big climax where Anna's character comes out even more so but you have to suspend belief that her chicken legs has enough power to do a round off kick and push a guy back when she kicks him in the chest.

An actually hilarious comedy that never panders to its imagined audience as so many American comedies do and is just a straight up clever funny classic romantic Hollywood movie. With a cast that actually successfully redefines that hackneyed paradigm. Natural comic Anna Kendrick plays a seemingly mentally fragile leading lady. Sam Rockwell as our indestructible hero continues to deliver the most interesting performances on film these days. Tim Roth as the usual Brit baddie but with a mean streak and many hued shall we say accent. Tim just keeps on giving. Where are the Oscars? Half way through you will be asking for a sequel or syndication which would surely destroy the concept. I'm going to watch it again.

My problem with most comedies is that they do not make me laugh. Most of them are stupid, unoriginal and shallow, simply bad movies. But even the good ones rarely cause the wanted effect. I'm watching and I'm aware that what I'm watching is funny, but I'm not laughing. This is one of the few that made me really laugh, often, loudly and even to tears on a few occasions. 9/10

For Pitch Perfect's fans who think the infinitely cute Anna Kendrick could do no wrong, well, there's a first time for everything. Here's a film that feels like a Monday morning at work: a film with the right stars who are fully game for the lunacy promised by its strange and risky "look-at-me-I'm-so-smart" script, but is betrayed by poor, tone-deaf direction. I will admit, I am not particularly fond of the romantic comedy genre, although there have been occasional stand- outs. This one is woeful because the script tries its darndest to make the bizarre material work, which involves clueless young lady Martha (Kendrick) falling head- over-heels with charming 'nice' guy (Sam Rockwell, Moon) who is actually a deranged assassin offing his contractors. Kendrick and Rockwell are very likable here, showing great chemistry between snapping some truly funny puns and dodging bullets. But oh, how the filmmakers have let them down. A half-witty, half-annoying and fully self-aware script by Max Landis (Chronicle and son of Blues Brothers' John Landis) would make for a decent watch if handled by a director who understood the transition of tones - Kick-Ass' and Kingsman's Matthew Vaughn comes into mind. Not so for misguided director Paco Cabezas (the poor Nicolas Cage thriller Rage), who shifts from breezy rom-com satire to brutally violent action thriller with jarring violence worthy of a Jason Statham vehicle. It is about as awkward and subtle as a brick to the face and it threw me off the film completely. 2010's Wild Target did this similar material better.

No man. No. I really like Sam Rockwell too much to see him in such kind of movies. It was ridiculous. I mean, not even a five, let alone above six! The movie did not even have one moment of decency. Lousy humor, awful lines, nothing. This Anna Kendrick was absolutely lame. I mean, she should be playing other roles, some B role or something, in a teen movie. No offense but I see nothing special really. She has nothing to show for. This was also really below Tim Roth as well. I really appreciate him as an actor and although he did his best, this movie was just plain and simple stupid. To cut to the chase, the story is so not worth it and out of reality. I mean this script must have been written in the long hours that some constipated fellow spent in the toilet trying to get something out. And he/she did. The script for this movie! All the elements of the movie borderline so close to funny-stupid- unrealistic that it's hard to watch even for a minute without thinking that this is too much. Pointless. That's the word for it.

Now let's clear something up, I'm a big Sam Rockwell fan. This guy is extremely talented, naturally charismatic and is known for some fantastic films including the likes of Moon & The Way Way Back (Which he stole) but lately he's been dropping the ball badly. From Poltergeist to this the man is still great but cannot turn these trainwrecks into anything but that. This action/comedy/romance isn't even remotely funny and I struggled to like any of the characters (Especially Kendrick) Don't get me wrong this isn't the worst film around, it has a couple of redeeming features (Rockwell being the main one) but ultimately it's badly flawed and didn't live up to my expectations at all.

Max Landis' writing is unique and has both hits and misses. This movie succeeds in part with the impressive tonal shifts in the story as well as some original characters. The movie plays like a Diablo Cody-thing gone off the rails, which is a good thing, if you're prepared for that kind of stuff. The action was unexpectedly well executed, but hard to really be engaged with because of the chaotic approach to genre. If you're into something light and fun and tired of the tropes being played over and over again, then this is the next film, you should watch.

It's difficult to know where to start with this disjointed, haphazard mess of a motion picture. Anna Kendrick, who god bless her, has become the epitome of a great indie performer, is a freak show of a human being in this strange, sordid love story. Playing opposite her is the equally talented Sam Rockwell, who is undercutting his trademark majesty with a role as a burbling, manic depressive hit man; who works under a moral code to only kill those who have hired him to kill. Somewhat out of the blue he decides that he fancies Kendrick, and she him, and they wander around New Orleans becoming best buddies. What starts as a cute, if imperfect, set-up quickly devolves into madness. Eccentric leading ladies have peppered indie cinema to great effect in the past. Unfortunately writers haven't been trying to make their female characters multi-faceted, which sometimes means their only persona is that of a weirdo. Take Martha for instance. She starts off as a cute, impish oddball, and quickly devolves into an actual insane person. Perhaps this is an intentional move because she and Sam Rockwell fall for each other, and after she hears about his terrible secret it doesn't take very long for him to persuade her that they actually belong together. Seriously. A hit-man, who kills people based on a moral code, that is flimsy even under Dexter's guidance, is easily accepted by a random stranger, and even loved. Besides the fact that they fall in love (despite the fact that each is acting unlike any known human being) the action is completely unrealistic. We're led to believe that any human can catch a blade, even if it's only inches from their face, based on simple, quick training. We are also led to believe that dainty little Anna Kendrick can take down baddies with little effort as long as she is in the right state of anger. Making her body a deadly weapon, and her character an out and out force of nature, is part of the plot so she becomes more empathetic to Mr. Right (Rockwell), and force her to fall for his calculated charm. I understand that unusual love stories are sometimes the most interesting ("Natural Born Killers," "Bonnie and Clyde," "Harold and Maude.") but when you start the film as a cutesy romantic comedy and then try to keep that tone throughout, without expressly saying Kendrick is crazy, it doesn't feel authentic, or even enjoyable. You can argue that director Paco Cabezas did actually make Kendrick look crazy, but her friend still stands by her, she and her paramour never venture into violence, like any good criminal couple, and the film ends on an uplifting, cutesy note. Honestly, the unevenness of this film cannot be fixed just by pretending that its leads get to act however they want without some kind of consequence.