Granted -- this is a silly predictable story. Yet, Nick frost wrote it and is in it, so one has to tune in if one is Frost fan. Wherever Frost is, something is cooking.
This is the typical love triangle story: average overweight good-hearted honest guy fancy the hot new co-worker girl, but he good man thinks that she would never be interested in him because ladies always prefer the pretty boys no matter how jerky they are, so the good guy hast to do something to win the chick's heart. You know the end before it starts.
However, there are a few things that make this film very enjoyable: > First, Frost's performance. He is completely believable as the looser Bruce. > Second, the presence of an odious character, Drew, masterly played by the versatile O'Dowd; if he wasn't believable, the whole movie would fail. > Third, a nice salsa dancing and competition plot. It doesn't matter that none of the actors is a good dancer or a good salsa dancer, that is part of the fun and of the pun! > Four, hilarious dialogues and situations! > Five, an unforgettable scene. I will always remember, I mean always, this movie because of a single scene, the uber-hilarious brilliantly performed, danced and filmed fight between Drew and Bruce in the car park. That was so good, so funny that had me rolling on the floor, well, on my sofa. > Six, this is a feel-good movie with the predictable ending we all want.
Simple, funny, unpretentious and enjoyable.
This is the typical love triangle story: average overweight good-hearted honest guy fancy the hot new co-worker girl, but he good man thinks that she would never be interested in him because ladies always prefer the pretty boys no matter how jerky they are, so the good guy hast to do something to win the chick's heart. You know the end before it starts.
However, there are a few things that make this film very enjoyable: > First, Frost's performance. He is completely believable as the looser Bruce. > Second, the presence of an odious character, Drew, masterly played by the versatile O'Dowd; if he wasn't believable, the whole movie would fail. > Third, a nice salsa dancing and competition plot. It doesn't matter that none of the actors is a good dancer or a good salsa dancer, that is part of the fun and of the pun! > Four, hilarious dialogues and situations! > Five, an unforgettable scene. I will always remember, I mean always, this movie because of a single scene, the uber-hilarious brilliantly performed, danced and filmed fight between Drew and Bruce in the car park. That was so good, so funny that had me rolling on the floor, well, on my sofa. > Six, this is a feel-good movie with the predictable ending we all want.
Simple, funny, unpretentious and enjoyable.