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Where to start - tiresome characters, full of stereotypes, spend their time between meeting cute and spewing some of the blandest, most predictable dialogue. And then they solve the tornado problem. Of course, while keeping their hair coiffed just so.

When Hollywood decides to bring real characters with some range, earthly experience and genuine emotional baggage, only then will I'll bother with these movies again. This appears to have been written for 15 year olds.

4 for the effects and a couple nice scenes, but we're talking maybe 10 minutes out of 2 hours. It was a 5 until I read my review and felt badly for giving it that many stars. Trite junk.

Love the incessant patter between Afleck and Damon - my dad's family hails from Boston and Peabody and the yabbering between the two sounded just like many a Thanksgiving. Really fun, lightweight caper that gets a lot of its pleasure from the two bickering. Man, those two brought me back home.

Great supporting cast and enough unforeseen twists to make it quite original. Not really for the family audience as they use the f-word like a preposition; often and in nearly every sentence. Very, very Boston...tender ears and delicate sensibilities may be easily offended.

If you can turn your brain off and go along with the ride, then it's highly recommended!

A very smartly done documentary, with actors lip-syncing to the recordings of the owners, neighbors, and those affected by the going's on in that house. Eerie seeing and not seeing what was going on, knowing the reactions are real from the sound - the actors did a very good job of keeping everything in context.

High praises to the filmmakers for keeping us in mind that this is ours to evaluate - from the occasional peeks behind the sets to the real interviews with neighbors, reporters and photographers and ultimately the 2 girls at the center. Just when you think you've made up your mind, you get more information, and then you rethink, then more and a rethink..

Definitely worth seeking out and having a weekend watch party - the tone shifts in episodes 3, and again in 4, but the combined effect is something my wife and I talk about still.