1/10
Just seems like forever
9 August 2012
Warning: Spoilers
Celeste and Jesse don't last forever. This ninety one minute movie takes forever.

A good montage of their courting days is fast and fun with quick shots of Celeste and Jesse getting together and writing their initials in the sand. So much for the visuals, nearly everything else is dialogue driven.

There's a feeling of a heavy hand of the writer. Little explanation of why they were getting divorced except "Jesse doesn't have a car." The writer needs the divorce set up.

The writer works too hard to make things hip. There are plenty of jokes that fall flat. Masterbating lip balm and baby corn isn't funny. The club scenes, drug use scenes, and foul language come across pretentious.

There are redundant scenes that repeat previously seen action to a different character. The movie has a drab look like the light package didn't fit the camera package.

Andy Samberg sleep walks his role. Rashida Jones wrote her character obnoxious and glib with an if you have nothing to say or do, don't show real emotion, just smile.

It's not a good title. It's not a good movie. No need to see it in a theater as it will be available on other platforms near you shortly.
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