Review of Get a Job (2016) by Russ B — 07 Apr 2017

Indeed Get a Job is an uneven, strange little movie with a hit-and-miss screenplay, some distractingly weird camera angles and a few subplots that never should have seen the light of day (or the dark of theater), but it also has an infectious charm, some genuinely funny set pieces and winning performances throughout. With a cast this talented...Get A Job is never painful to endure, but neither does it ever rise above lazy mediocrity. Will's buddies divide their time between getting high and playing video games - and looking for work. (The smartest and funniest plot thread regarding the buddies centers on Nicholas Braun's Charlie, a devoted pothead who reluctantly takes a job as a middle school chemistry teacher but finds his priorities as the months go by.) Cranston and Teller have a nice, authentic father-son dynamic, the romance between Teller and Kendrick feels about right in its depiction of love between adults just starting their life paths, and about half the raunchy stuff delivers laughs. The movie world would have survived had "Get a Job" never seen the light of day. But it's always a bit of a shame when films - even the bad ones - don't at least get an opportunity to be seen and heard. In this case, the imperfect work mired in storage all this time gets a well-deserved spin.

VERDICT: "In The Zone" - [Mixed Reaction] These kinds of movies are usually movies that had some good things, but some bad things kept it from being amazing. This rating says buy an ex-rental or a cheap price of the DVD to own. If you consider cinema, ask for people's opinion on the film. (Films that are rated 2.5 or 3 stars).