BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
I think my problem is that I WANT this movie to be good, but I think deep down I know it won’t be. It’s basically an over the top comedy, but the tone is really dark. I can’t remember the last time Jack Black was in a movie I actually wanted to see. It might have been Dewey Cox and even then I think it was a surprise cameo. He makes watered down kid comedies that pretty much suck. Only the worse kids like Jack Black movies. Sorry, but it’s just a fact. If you’re a kid and you like Jack Black then you’re going to grow up less cool than someone who doesn’t. Richard Linklater makes great movies and I think this has potential to live up to that kind of goodness. It’s been awhile though. We get Jack Black as the title character. He plays a guy who is investigated after his old lady friend is murdered. He’s a homosexual too and I think that somehow matters to the plot. I dunno, really.
RELEASE DATE - 3/2/12
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