Cocktails with Nick and Lana

The high rating reviews are highly suspect, particularly with their generic praise. Bots? Paid for? Who knows? But, it's hard to believe anyone but family and paid reviewers could express enthusiasm for this mess.

There isn't an ounce of talent within 19 miles of this mess. It seems like a project made for a Community College acting class, at best. From writing, to directing to acting, and all other aspects of this waste of time, I can't believe anyone involved would want this on their résumé.

The premise looked interesting enough to watch for free on Hoopla, but it took less than 2 minutes to get a little angry at the waste of my time. I fast-forwarded to glance at a couple other scenes, and saw and heard the same effect on film as drinking sour milk.

We can only hope that everyone involved with this mess has moved on to other career aspirations, cuz making movies ain't it.

The movie is trying hard to be like "Only Murders in the Building" on Hulu. The fact that the murder takes place in their building is a direct ripoff. I find it somewhat entertaining but it certainly drags in places for sure. The main characters are not the greatest of actors. In fact I've never heard of them. The female lead is the only character that is somewhat entertaining. She at least tries to get us the audience involved in the mystery. I certainly would not have paid money to see this in the theater. It's more of a "made for tv" movie than a theatrical release one. If you need to just have something running in the background then I recommend this movie for that.

So imagine that you and your neighbors are in an acting class... for fun, and you all decide to make a movie... for fun. That's what this seemed like to me. The acting is pretty bad. All of it. I don't think they're was one good actor in the entire movie. Which is usually the fault of the director. A good director can get a decent performance out of a halfway decent actor. It is possible that these actors are just terrible though. I kept waiting for it to get interesting but it never did. It was just a disappointment. Good movies are few and far between these days. This ain't one of em. Find something else.

Please do not pay to watch this. Currently need to rent (Jan 2024). This is like a low budget, bad acting movie. It is incredibly slow moving and boring.

Per the description the main couple has other tenants of the building over to find clues about a murdered neighbor. Each interaction is unrealistic and over the top. Just the fact that there is not a single moment in this movie that is funny or even dramatic - not entertaining. Even at the end when they are attempting suspense, it doesn't really work. Honestly it just gets awkward and cringy.

If this was a live play - the over the top characters, narrative - basically one set - sure. But with so much content to stream and so many amazing movies, don't waste your time.

I swear Ashton Kutcher must be waiting to pop out because we're being Punk'd, right? This movie is so very bad. Holy cow, how did this even get made? And hellooo? Who the heck posted all these great reviews? People who worked on the film? I thought this was going to be a fun whodunnit....pffft, not in this universe. Yes, we are told someone was murdered. That's about the extent of it. The writing is atrocious as is the acting. The characters are unlikeable and have zero chemistry. Even the neighbors are terrible. The main couple just drink & get high during the entire movie. No wonder they can't get jobs. My recommendation is to SKIP this mess.