Directed by: Jay Roach
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller
Streaming on Netflix.
I really enjoyed watching this film. It had the vibes of a well made Telugu film in the 2000s. Of course, there is the scene that inspired the famous poetry reading scene by Prakash Raj in Nuvvu Naku Nachavu, but in a way this film feels like an inspiration for Bommarillu too. Jack played by Robert De Niro, is a perfectionist father who wants everything right for this daughter. Sounds like the father's character in Bommarillu, doesn't it? In order to get his approval, Greg goes and stays with them for a while. To me, the reason to watch the film was simply Robert De Niro, and his image. We've seen him play the bad guy in a lot of Scorsese's films and to see him play a very toned down version of it was so funny and endearing. Every time Jack warns Greg about something, I'm thinking, woah, he can do worse. He's being nice Greg. I just couldn't let go off his persona. When you have an actor like Robert De Niro, it makes the writers/directors job so easy because the conflict here is so obvious and on the face. You need not write another scene to establish how gritty and dangerous Jack could be. It's obvious. It's Robert De Niro.
I really enjoyed the structure of the film. The way Greg keeps fucking up. I wasn't really enjoying the comedy all the time. Most of the scenes, I was in a zone of just watching it and let it pass by. But I really enjoyed the low point in the film, when Greg leaves the house and sends Pam his score. Because of Jack, their relationship has now become shaky. And that moment hit me. Again, this is so similar to the sequence in Bommarillu. Post this, I liked how Greg mans up and tells Jack that he has a problem with his behavior. He learns to take a stand and own up to himself. Jack learns to loosen up a little. Or does he?
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