Flawed but still good
Recently watched this again on turkey day. It's a great little film, but I think it could have been so much better. A lot of the comedy just seemed forced (and I don't mean Downey's drug-induced scenes - those are actually my favorite).
Also, why did all the members of the family have different accents? Bancroft had her usual New York accent, Downey sounded like he was form California (which he probably is), Hunter had her usual very strong Texas accent. It was hard to believe they were even in the same family and from Baltimore.
It's still enjoyable, but I wish Jodie Foster tried a little harder to pull everything together.