Review of A Hologram for the King (2016) by K Nife C — 27 Jul 2016

Often times, I wonder why certain films needed to be or should have been made. This is one of them. Obviously, not every movie is made for me or my demographic, and I try to be mindful of that when passing judgement.

However, I find it hard to believe that most people would bother with this one. "A Hologram for the King" is essentially about Tom Hank's first world problems, his brief midlife crisis, him being a fish out of water in Saudi Arabia, and him accepting his failures and starting fresh.

It is as exciting as mayonnaise. It is as funny as a bird flying into a window. I would have fallen asleep if I hadn't just drank half a gallon of iced tea. In its defense, there were a few semi-surrealistic moments in the first half of the film, but they never commit to fully weaving that into the narrative.

The titular hologram is a Macguffin in a film that should have been called "You've Got Mail 2: Allah My Love". And there are boobs.