Drunk Parents

I L-O-V-E-D it so much. Yes, it is a stinker of a movie. Terrible. Just awful. But sometimes that's the mood you're in and that's the mood I was in when I watched it. I needed something goofy and terrible and this was it.

Love the redux of Hayak and Baldwin. I don't know.

Like I said....pay me no mind...

First of all I am a fan of both Alec Baldwin and Selma Hayek.I was expecting something hilarious because I watched them both on 30 Rock and was hoping that this would be something just as funny. It wasn't. The movie starts off and goes off the hinges in a very haphazard and convoluted way. The humor is so physical. There are no jokes. I still don't know why or how Frank is broke. You get no backstory or explanation, just two old people frothing and writhing on the ground.

I am super disappointed.

Awkward, cringe-worthy "jokes". So incredibly boring. I don't even know what the plot was. And I love Alec Baldwin. I'm baffled.

Relax everyone, it isn't bad as stated by folks. The writing is a bit rusty sure but the actors strength held it together. Baldwins funny phone answers differ each time and are really funny and Selma's character uses patchy english pronounciations in her character which are hilarious at times! I thought they were both funny. Back to the writing though, poor flow but they kept reinforcing how much the 2 loved each other and they showed that sticking together and taking the days one at a time is the best way to champion adversity. Cameos by Wil Ferrell and Colin Quinn are unexpected and corny funny in a way that fits their reputations. The movie is a heartwarmer. I frankly am a bit tired of perfect movies and this one was good enough to keep me watching and yeah, I groaned a bit, scratched my head on some weird and odd scripts but, one day, I will watch this again.

As a screenwriter myself I know how difficult it is to get anything produced let alone a movie. It is all the more mystifying then that something as awful as this ever saw the light of day. What is even more of a mystery is how two actors of Alec Baldwin and Salma Hayek's stature were persuaded to sign up for it in the first place. I can only guess at their motives but I suspect they were doing it as a favour to the director or one of the producers. If not, both should sack their agents immediately.

The leads do their best to navigate their way through what is a painfully unfunny script but, ultimately, this will probably go down as the low point of their careers. It's a real shame as Baldwin in particular has turned in some great performances over the years - his cameo in Glengarry Glen Ross being one of my personal favourites. He and Hayek will no doubt bounce back from this but the director and co-writer, Fred Wolf - a former stand-up, unbelievably - may struggle to put this stinker behind him.