There are a lot of bad reviews on here, and I agree with most of the points they make. I wouldn't call it unwatchable trash, but it was bad enough that my friend and I were disappointed that we spent our Friday night watching it. And bad enough that I wanted to leave a review.
To be honest, I hadn't seen any of the leads in anything before, so I can't speak to their acting in a general sense. But the absolute BEST part of this movie was the young actress who played Jordan Sanders' little self. I thought she did an amazing job not only at being an adult in a child's body, but making it believable that it was that specific adult. Her mannerisms, her speech, her facial expressions...I loved watching her the whole time.
I couldn't really tell if Regina Hall's acting was terrible, or if she did what she could with the script that she had. Early on in the movie, she reacts to something that happens to her, and it was such an over-the-top, exaggerated reaction that I was sure the reaction would be played off as a joke. It wasn't.
Issa Rae was somewhere in the middle, not overwhelmingly good, but not completely terrible. There was literally nothing memorable from her outside of what was in the trailer.
It was amazing to see an all black, all female leading cast in a comedy movie, but for as predictable as the whole thing was, it lacked the charm to make it worthwhile. In my humble opinion.
But seriously. Marsai Martin was phenomenal. For being the "magical" part of the movie, she was actually the most believable thing about it.
To be honest, I hadn't seen any of the leads in anything before, so I can't speak to their acting in a general sense. But the absolute BEST part of this movie was the young actress who played Jordan Sanders' little self. I thought she did an amazing job not only at being an adult in a child's body, but making it believable that it was that specific adult. Her mannerisms, her speech, her facial expressions...I loved watching her the whole time.
I couldn't really tell if Regina Hall's acting was terrible, or if she did what she could with the script that she had. Early on in the movie, she reacts to something that happens to her, and it was such an over-the-top, exaggerated reaction that I was sure the reaction would be played off as a joke. It wasn't.
Issa Rae was somewhere in the middle, not overwhelmingly good, but not completely terrible. There was literally nothing memorable from her outside of what was in the trailer.
It was amazing to see an all black, all female leading cast in a comedy movie, but for as predictable as the whole thing was, it lacked the charm to make it worthwhile. In my humble opinion.
But seriously. Marsai Martin was phenomenal. For being the "magical" part of the movie, she was actually the most believable thing about it.