Dirty 30

I stumbled across this movie, saw Hannah Hart was in it, and thought I may as well give it a go. I wasn't expecting much, as a lot of the cast seems to be from YouTube, and within the first 5 minutes I was questioning whether to turn it off or not. It's pretty cliche, quite cringey at times, but the more I watched it the more comfortable I got, and honestly, it's not that bad. A lot of the actors have potential, I think, and I'd honestly love to see them in bigger productions. While the script, and maybe the pace, need a lot of work the chemistry between some of the actors flowed so well, I forgot I was watching a C grade (?) movie. Some of the punchlines really hit, others were just terrible, but there were a lot of small moments that made me feel like I was watching an 'A lister' comedy. Really wasn't too bad.

I have never seen any of the people in this movie before - and that's OK. I liked the actresses OK. But none of this movie was even the slightest bit believable. It opens with an over the top bad date to set the stage - kind of funny but really? Nothing in the movie is original - everything has been done before. Sad girl about turning 30, girl they hate from high school, cool guy from high school is old and fat now, and the boy she now likes is misunderstood when he leaves the party with the girl from high school they all hate - but really he is a good guy because he was just driving a drunk girl home and he had no interest in her. I didn't laugh that much and found it rather boring.

And Kate - the main girl - while I could see me liking her in other things I don't think she is a strong enough actress to carry a movie as the lead.

If you are in the mood for a "stupid" funny movie - then this is for you.

Well written and agreeable comedy in the familar style following the plight of a woman re-assessing her life and trying to deal with her lack of adult points by acting like a child.

Except that it's much better characterized than most of the rest, presenting a poignant and revitalizing depiction of a person looking within themself and rediscovering their place in the universe but it's never trite or sickly.

A good bit of fun that is never hateable.

Anyone who Youtube will know all 3 of the main actors: Hannah Hart; Grace Helbig and Mamrie Hart. They got together for this movie and I believe they hit the cinema nail right on it's head. The film is colourful, well paced, well acted for what it is, nicely written with great dialogue, witty and charming and a little emotional in parts. There's plenty of cuteness to keep people interested but not enough to turn it smulchy. It's about as believable as any film of this genre and very formulaic, but that doesn't stop it rising to the heap of all the other unbelievable and formulaic movies. The only time I write reviews is if a film touched me or moved me in some way, be that positively or negatively, and this one was definitely a feel good, positive surprise. I've given it the highest rating I ever give a film and that's because tonight that's exactly what it deserved.

If you are a fan of specific youtubers and those who make cameos in this movie then you will probably have a great time, otherwise there really isn't much here.

The comedy is at most mildly amusing and most of the time it isn't even that. The writing comes across as disjointed and kind of lazy, like where people are with problem partners for seemingly no reason just so they can break up with them, that sort of thing. On top of this the story itself feels completely self-serving as we aren't really given a reason to care why any of the three mains should be happy, it's just presumed that they deserve to have the best lives and that we should care about them garnering some type of resolution of struggle.

Overall I imagine these people had a blast making this movie, but it really isn't for anyone outside of their fan base, so if that's not you then you probably shouldn't bother.