Uncle Nick

Nothing like watching a drunken Uncle around the holidays. Had some laughs.

Not hearing of this film at the time of its release, or any of the actors. But seemingly coming across it by chance. Had relatively no expectations and it was a decent enough watch for its kind.

Now this is a categorized as a fairly dark comedy with some dramatic parts and several sport (baseball) analogies- filled with black and white flashbacks scenes with narration.

The pacing is solid although drags at times and has the certain feel of a television sitcom. The plot sounds like a rehash of a typical comedy/drama series. It's simple but entertaining for the characters. The film also doesn't feel low budget as the acting is good and the set designs are well done.

Of course, lead Uncle Nick is the star but the performance by Valerie was captivating enough as the young step niece teasing Nick throughout. The ending is somewhat of a twist and not entirely predictable which adds another layer. Perhaps a hidden gem given the amount of votes.

I was very torn while watching this movie. It's not the worst of the worst, but it's also not completely terrible. There are moments that I found some very light enjoyment in and a lot of it was pretty sorrowful for the most part. Like I said earlier, it does kinda have a trick surprise at the end, but in it all, it just felt like high school drama type stuff. Also I have a pretty wide range of tolerance when it comes to dark comedy, but this was just a little bit more depressing than comedic (for my taste). I can see how some people might be interested in that deeper depressing dark humor, but it focuses a lot on sexual innuendos and really nothing more. The movie just felt more bleak instead of making me bust out laughing. I don't hate on the movie, it's just not quite for me. I'm not saying people shouldn't watch this movie, just know what you're in for when you do. I want to call it a Christmas classic, but it was just too dirty and scandalous instead of Christmas cheer for me.

If there was a website for Christmas movies only, this movie would be a 9 at least.

I'm pretty sure the low amount of ratings is the reason why it's rated so high, cause I see a lot of people who wouldn't like this movie at all.

I'm not sure if it's intentional, but the main character (played by Brian Posehn) is played kinda poorly, he's still very fun and entertaining, but sometimes it'd feel like he could've done a lot better. With that said, playing poorly kinda helped the awkwardness of his character, so there's that.

The plot was very cool, the way the movie was done was super original and the visuals were nice. The ending was very interesting too.

Idk if it's because I couldn't watch it with a lot of sound, but I feel like I didn't love it as much as I should've, though it was a super nice experience.

Love the two lead cast but it just didn't win me over. Not a great watch as I hoped it would be.