I thought it was a nice touch to get a former SNL cast member involved in this, but it was weird and distracting and not believable to see him as an old forgetful unhealthy old man in a home. They could have at least tried harder with grayer hair and make-up to make him look older!
Am I the only one who feels this way??
In reality he's well into his 50s and was age appropriate in this role. His daughters were 32 and 28 respectively. He was not elderly, but suffering from advanced MS and required assisted living as was revealed early in the film.
shareThat bothered me too. Even more so because they did nothing to age him from the opening scene to when he was supposedly decades older.
Even something subtle would have helped a little bit.
Colin Quinn could NOT pass for an elderly man!You misunderstood a basic aspect of his character. He wasn't supposed to be "elderly"; he was in a nursing home because he has multiple sclerosis (a serious illness) and couldn't take care of himself, not because he was so old.
I thought it was a nice touch to get a former SNL cast member involved in this, but it was weird and distracting and not believable to see him as an old forgetful unhealthy old man in a home. They could have at least tried harder with grayer hair and make-up to make him look older!
Am I the only one who feels this way??
But he didn't look like he was in his 30s in the opening scene. It would have benefitted the movie if they had made any effort whatsoever to make him look older when decades were supposed to have passed.
shareAs others have said he had MS. Watch the movie your bashing so as not to look foolish. Or don't nobody cares.
shareI can't speak for anyone else, but my issue was that there was no effort made to make him look like he had aged at all in what was supposed to be 20 something years. It wouldn't have been difficult and it would have helped.
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Watch the movie your bashing so as not to look foolish.It's too late for that. Character background and details are clearly not the OP's strong suit.🐭 share
Colin Quinn has looked and acted like a grouchy old man for the past 20 years. He certainly looked old enough to be Amy Schumer's Dad.
shareI completely agree. And don't listen to all of the people on here who are telling you how he is the right age and has daughters that age in real life. When it comes to casting you seek somebody who can play the part best, not somebody who just happens to be the right age. It's just a fact that somebody who may be in their late 50's can't really pull off the role of a father in his 50's.
There's plenty other actors out there who could have played the role in a much better way. Some of them might even be younger than Colin Quinn.