Review of Middle Men (2009) by Renesa N — 05 Jul 2012
Have you ever wondered about the porn industry and how it got its upstart on the internet? Yeah, me either. Well, I guess this film serves as a kind of biopic to those who helped get its tawdry gears going.
Luke Wilson (Death at a Funeral), Giovanni Ribisi (Contraband), and Gabriel Macht (Love and Other Drugs) are the "brains" behind the outfit that cashed in when the going got good. What brings this flick down is the tired cliché that when stuff's going so good, something's got to go bad.
Formulaic, you say. To a t, if you will. It's actually not as salacious and gratuitous as you might think a flick about the porn industry would be, but it's graphic enough. Besides, no amount of nudity or sex could have saved this from being just another wannabe provocative flick.
It's lackluster and dull, despite the three leads giving it their best. Though, of all three, only Ribisi has a real knack for the acting thing. It could have been much, much worse, but this isn't really anything groundbreaking.
This review of Middle Men (2009) was written by Renesa N on 05 Jul 2012.
Middle Men has generally received positive reviews.
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