I Don't Understand You

This horror comedy is one of those comedy that comes from a silly situation created by language barrier. One misunderstanding lead to another and it kept on snowballing out of control. The jokes itself made me chuckle every now and then. But none really made me laugh out loud. So even though it's decently acted out and directed, This one doesn't seem to hit the spot. Although it's good enough for killing some time.

I wanted to like this movie because of the actors but I just found it cringe, detached, and disrespectful. The overarching theme here is that entitled white gay Americans travel to a foreign country (Italy) where they have no real grasp of the native language of the country they chose to visit. Through their own ignorance, they misinterpret nearly every single gesture of kindness that every native they encounter shows them and somehow that kind and endearing person ends up dead due to their clumsiness or paranoia. They mistake every Italian statement as something homophobic, or violent, or threatening and therefore make themselves victims that must defend themselves. I get it was going for the whole "Dale & Tucker vs. Evil" concept but it failed miserably.

I really enjoyed this film throughout the entirety of its run time. I thought the premise was extremely silly and after going in blind, this movie had multiple twists that I was not at lol expecting. I really enjoyed how smart the story was at setting up twists that are so obvious once they are revealed but don't feel out of place when you are seeing them the first time. This movie just kept getting crazier and it was really fun to see just how far they could take the bit. I really enjoyed the simplicity of the premise and was impressed with just how much they got out of a such a simple yet interesting premise.

Such an average movie barely funny maybe a little bit of the time mostly dark, I don't understand why there's someone that gave an 8 and laughed most of the time. I do love the 3 leads Andrew Rannels, Nick Kroll and Amanda Seyfried are great especially in other roles.

This movie was so cheesy and bonkers, I wanted to like this more but it's truly bad most of the time! The horror elements in the last half were awesome though crazy how much goes wrong just from wanting an anniversary in Italy! This probably won't last in the theater long. At least it was 53 cents with my unlimited subscription.

And that's why we should really do better background checks....

Had its moments but really wish it was a bit funnier in the first half. Takes so long to get going to anything you don't already have spoiled for you in the trailer, and really no memorable jokes or funny moments during the 30 minutes of set up for the film.

It's a funny enough premise and the final act was enjoyable as a what else could possibly go wrong sentimentality, but I just left wanting more.

If you are a Nick Kroll fan, you may still enjoy, but I think you'll find much better comedies and horror films (if I'd even really call it that) this year for sure.