
When Jim - a disenchanted yet highly popular college professor - learns of his father's death, he must track down his deadbeat brother Dave and deliver him to the funeral. Upon arrival, they both learn that they've each inherited one half of the family's vacation home in Branson, Missouri, and in order to sell the house - from which they both badly need the money - they'll need to travel down to Branson, and the ensuing trip both fixes their house, as well as their relationsh... (Full plot summary below)
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When Jim - a disenchanted yet highly popular college professor - learns of his father's death, he must track down his deadbeat brother Dave and deliver him to the funeral. Upon arrival, they both learn that they've each inherited one half of the family's vacation home in Branson, Missouri, and in order to sell the house - from which they both badly need the money - they'll need to travel down to Branson, and the ensuing trip both fixes their house, as well as their relationship.
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| New York TimesMiriam BaleIn general, the film feels like all setup and no punch line. |
| The Film StageJohn FinkDespite some promise, so much is left unexplained or unpacked and it fails to deliver. |
| OregonianMarc MohanWith more discipline and a keener sense of family dysfunction, these ingredients could have gelled into something impressive. As it is, Awful Nice is closer to the former than the latter. |
| CinemalogueTodd Jorgenson... manages an effective mix of slapstick and sentiment that can't quite sustain itself at feature length. |
| User ReviewGreg WThere's only one joke that gets told over and over again, but it's a pretty funny joke. |
| User ReviewBobby PAlex Rennie is the show, and hits just as much as he misses. But when he hits, he shows that he has as good of comic timing as anyone in or out of Hollywood. |
| User ReviewFarah RA few laughs in and that's about all there is to it. Awful Nice is pointless as there's no resolution after its boring runtime. |
| User ReviewJames KThe main problem with this film is that it pretty much is the same thing from beginning to end. It's Jim and Dave getting into fights over stupid shit, making up, then fighting again. Rinse, repeat. There's something here about the bond between brothers and how, even if one of you is a massive fuck-up, there's still that certain something that draws you to one another. That's fine and all. Of course, it's lost in the midst of all the one-joke approach to the whole film. Though funny at times, it gets really tiring to watch the characters doing the same thing over and over and over again ad nauseam. The highlight of the film would definitely have to be Christopher Meloni. I don't think Meloni gets as much credit as he should for his comedic acting. He's made appearances in the Harold and Kumar films, though his appearances were always overshadowed by Neil Patrick Harris' incredible cameos. But this guy is a great comedic actor and he's easily the best part of the film, in my opinion. The leads are fine, there's a certain chemistry they have with each other, like they could be actual brothers. But, as mentioned, the movie has them do the same thing for 90 minutes. After, about, the third fight between the brothers, the joke definitely overstays its welcome. This just never really got going as a movie to be perfectly honest. It's definitely got the set-up of a movie, but it doesn't play out like one. It feels unfinished. Like the script wasn't revised, and improved upon, before actually filming it. It's ok though, it's not any good, but I have seen much worse. It's just a lazy film. Only watch if you've watched absolutely everything else that Netflix, or any other streaming website that has this movie, has to offer. |