It wasn’t easy, but I finally found a film that completely deserves a rating of one out of five (or perhaps a zero!) I had been looking forward to watching Greenberg with Ben Stiller for a while, because I had heard it was “the quintessential midlife crisis movie.” ACK!!!! Now I see how “midlife crisis” got such a BAD NAME!
I have rarely hated a film so completely, or a main character. If he were in the room I would have to slap some sense into him! If you still think you might like to see it, first go read Mr. Cranky’s honest assessment!
A far better choice for a current midlife crisis film is: The kids are all right.
BTW, I was sad to learn that the movie review TV show, At The Movies ended a 35 year run yesterday. It started out as Siskel and Ebert in 1975. I guess everyone gets their movie reviews online now.
