Review of Baggage Claim (2013) by Megan M — 12 Feb 2014

"This stupid rom-com starring Paula Patton is full of baggage".

DVD Movie Review: Baggage Claim.

Date Viewed: February 5 2014.

Directed By David E. Talbert (First Sunday).

Screenplay By David E. Talbert, Based on his book of the same name.

Starring: Paula Patton, Derek Luke, Adam Brody, Taye Diggs, Boris Kodjoe, Djimon Hounsou, Christina Milian, Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Terrence Jenkins, Jenifer Lewis, Ned Beatty, Lauren London, La La Anthony, Trey Songz, Jill Scott and Affion Crockett.

Hollywood I don't deserve your baggage, you should claim it back and scrap it because "Baggage Claim" is one the most painfully unfunny and uninspired romantic comedies I've seen in a long while. Paula Patton can be a charming actress but she is stuck, not at a long line at the airport but in a terrible movie.

This "Baggage" is full of every rom-com cliche in the book.

"Baggage Claim" stars Patton as Montana Moore, a flight attendant who never seems to find Mr. Right. Her mother (Jenifer Lewis) has been married multiple times and her sister Sheree (Lauren London) has announced to her that she is getting married. Montana thinks it's too soon but Sheree says that she has finally found the right one. Montana decides that she must a perfect man within 30 days or show up to the wedding alone.

Montana's gay best friend Sam (Adam Brody).

Devises a plan by bumping into every one of her exes by meeting them on seperate flights. The first ex is a would-be rapper named Damon Diesel (Trey Songz), the second ex is Langston Jefferson Battle III (Taye Diggs) who is currently running for Congress and the third ex is a hotel owner named Quentin Jamison (Djimon Hounsou). This is so suspenseful, which perfect man will Montana take? The rapper? The Congressman? The hotel owner? Or will it be Montana's childhood friend William Wright (Derek Luke).

"Baggage Claim" yes, has a scene where Paula Patton says "How can this day get any worse?" rain starts to fall on her and at the ending we get that old cliched scene where the protagonist has to get her one true love back before he gets on that plane. Hollywood this ending has been done to death so many times before. The biggest mystery about "Baggage Claim" is that how did the filmmakers manage drag Djimon Hounsou into this mess. The Beninese born actor known for his Oscar-nominated work in "Blood Diamond" and "In America" is completely wasted here. Why is Ned Beatty in a brainless rom-com with his wife? He's like a guest star in a television show saying "Hi, I'm Ned Beatty", Everybody knows it but they don't say it because the actors try to pretend that he's somebody else.

Hollywood you must have better roles for Paula Patton. She was good in "Precious" and "Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol" but here she gets stuck in an embrassing role. I would say getting stranded at an airport for 96 hours would be much better than sitting through "Baggage Claim" again.