The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing
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People love Bill Murray movies, but even more, they love crazy stories about Bill Murray out in the...
Pinocchio (1940)
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When the woodworker Geppetto (Christian Rub) sees a falling star, he wishes that the puppet he just...
The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
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The Man Who Invented Christmas tells the magical journey that led to the creation of Ebenezer...
The Big Bang Theory - Season 1
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Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists - geniuses in the laboratory, but socially challenged...
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated The Happytime Murders (2017) in Movies
Jul 2, 2019
Private detective Phil Philipps (Bill Barretta) is a puppet and lives in a world where puppets coexist with but are otherwise hated by humans. After a series of murders including that of his brother it forces his ex-partner Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy) to help solve the crime. The murderer seems to be targeting all former cast members of the beloved eighties TV show The Happytime Gang. Two worlds clash as the race is on to find the culprit.
Honestly I feel as though I could do without seeing this film ever again. Yes there are funny moments but it seems overshadowed by the lack of a good storyline. Granted audiences might go just to see puppets act raunchy and use profanity however, is that enough to hold a film together for 90 mins? No it certainly isn’t. As much as I love the comedic stylings of Elizabeth Banks, Mya Rudolph, Joel McHale and especially Melissa McCarthy, the film audiences anticipate being the funniest of the year is surely not. Even with a big cast of comedians couldn’t save this film. Perhaps films involving puppets and ridiculous plots should be left to that of children audiences. If you were to stitch together all of the comical scenes in every trailer for the film, you would basically see it all. In my opinion you might want to skip this one and wait for it to come to a Redbox near you.
Odd-shaped Balls: Mischief-makers, Miscreants and Mad-hatters of Rugby
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Rugby is not a game for those who think that centres are what you find in a box of Black Magic or...