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'Pointless indie comedy' feel to it? Not much happens?


I thought the movie was fun, funny, had a really nice feel to it, good characters, but did anyone else think that this had that "pointless indie comedy" feel to it? Where the whole movie NOTHING really happens, and they try to be so low key that it makes it feel almost like a TV show or something?

I don't know how to describe this, but it's this feeling I get after watching some indie comedies that are just mediocre... they just feel short, not much happens, and kind of pointless.

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Yeah, it's pretty low-key, but I don't put it in the category of one of those "nothing really happens" movies. A lot happens to Ed Helms' character, whose principled views are challenged and ultimately validated and fortified by the end. We don't see that too often anymore, at least not in these types of comedies. Most people probably find those themes corny & naive, but their representations are sorely lacking in today's culture. Typically, comedies of this sort result in the main characters abandoning all their inhibitions and mores, and in turn promote others to do the same.

Now, having said that, it is indeed raunchy enough in content that I wouldn't recommend it to my grandparents (were they still around) let alone children, despite what I think its themes are. My dad would probably get a kick out of it though!

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