Moving Day

I don't know if this movie wanted to be funny or not. I got the distinct impression that it wanted to be funny, yet failed miserably. They went out of their way to reject all forms of comedy in preference of the awkward. It was plain terrible.

The movie was about some generally unhappy workers at a furniture store and moving company. I only watched because of Charlie Murphy and he was given a horrible script. He did what he could, but it wasn't nearly enough. The only other faces I recognized were Will Sasso from MAD TV and Victor Garber from various other things. That's all they were: recognizable faces. This movie was a disaster.

We get to see quite a number of movies especially related to some sport with underdogs coming on top of the champs but this for me was real life. This could be any one of us at the bottom of the pyramid chasing the middle class dream of a job in the city, better salary, better home , a nice set of wheels etc. Maybe we can throw in a thinner body to the above list since the character Clyde was portrayed to be fat. The other 3, were the stereotypes; a wannabe rock star, a drunkard and the man with a criminal record plus he's black. The character of the boss seems so real, a middle class gentleman, lonely, and trying to project an image of a profitable business by cutting corners which have illegal tendency. The reality portrayed in this movie with the effort being put in to make the characters seem to relevant and close deserves an 8/10.

When this film was recommended to me, I thought it was going to be a slapstick-laden comedy and I was reluctant to start watching it. The first few minutes seem to confirm my worries, but the film shifted under me and became a heartwarming story about Clyde's reassessment of his life and his attempt to make something better of himself.

There's a, well, not so much anti-establishment, but more a tone of not having to accept lousy jobs at lousy wages and lousy working conditions and that sometimes we have to be strong enough and brave enough to branch out into the unknown, cast ourselves free from our safety net of stagnation and try something new.

At a point when Clyde's only friendship seems to be coming to an end, there's a definite slant towards showing us that every ending can also be considered a new beginning, and sometimes it's only when life is dark that we can see the light leading us to new things and new experiences.

I was worried that the ending might throw me for a loop, but the ending was really good and I enjoyed the film greatly.

I would watch this again.

Moving Day is good enough to watch once, that's already something, but is it a movie that I will remember? Certainly not. For a comedy I expected just a lot more. There are some funny scenes/moments but not the kind you will remember forever. It's just an easy movie to watch with a more than decent cast but really nothing spectacular. There's not really anything bad to write about Moving Day, it is what it is, just don't expect too much.

Charlie Murphy and Will Sasso team up for an amazingly touching story about the hardship of daily life in modern times. I wouldn't say it's the best of its kind, but it does a good job of portraying the life and relationships of the main character. The two actors really give some of their best work in this film. It's heartwarming and helps fill the block of where the manual labor-heavy workers' minds go during their lives as proletariat of their time. I think the loss of Charlie Murphy in 2017 was horrible. I wish Will Sasso did more parts like these. The director is famous for doing "The Trailer Park Boys."