Words escape me. My jaw is on the floor. How can this be?
You want to see how NOT to make a kid's comedy? Watch "Flubber" then count with me the ways:
1) Williams isn't funny (his hair seems to put in more acting time than he does).
2) It's written by John Hughes (and it isn't even good on a slapstick level! Sheesh!!).
3) Marcia Gay Harden is completely, totally, hopelessly wasted (did I say "totally"? Good!).
4) There aren't HALF as many funny situations in this one as there was in the original.
5) The bad guys act as if they're in a serious movie (though since there wasn't any laughs in this one, I can see where they would get confused for content).
6) There are more FX than anything else (when a movie forsakes its story in favor of an FX loop, it's not a good sign).
There are more, but we're only allowed 1,000 words for reviews here.
One star. For the FX. They're good.
You want to see how NOT to make a kid's comedy? Watch "Flubber" then count with me the ways:
1) Williams isn't funny (his hair seems to put in more acting time than he does).
2) It's written by John Hughes (and it isn't even good on a slapstick level! Sheesh!!).
3) Marcia Gay Harden is completely, totally, hopelessly wasted (did I say "totally"? Good!).
4) There aren't HALF as many funny situations in this one as there was in the original.
5) The bad guys act as if they're in a serious movie (though since there wasn't any laughs in this one, I can see where they would get confused for content).
6) There are more FX than anything else (when a movie forsakes its story in favor of an FX loop, it's not a good sign).
There are more, but we're only allowed 1,000 words for reviews here.
One star. For the FX. They're good.