Netflix’s The Lovebirds doesn’t quite portend the death of the big-screen comedy, though it doesn’t help, either GlobeArts
last week – it also isn’t quite as witty as it thinks it is. Or should be, to earn the nearly forgotten high of a true all-theatre LOL moment.moves fast in the hopes that no one notices how messy its construction is. New Orleans documentarian Jibran and advertising creative Leilani were once upon a time the couple everyone envied – sexy, funny, almost unbearably well-matched.
Just before they break up, though, a violent wackiness rears its head, with the two getting mixed up in a murder that spirals into a very hazy conspiracy involving crooked cops, frat-boy blackmailers, bacon-grease-obsessed politicians and a secret society that indulges in the odd orgy now and then. It is as if last year’s ultra-serious racial drama, but with leftover chunks of. Maybe those ingredients go down well enough on their own, but mixed together, it’s all a bit hard to swallow.
Working with a sloppy script by Canadians Aaron Abrams and Brendan Gall, Showalter appears to be more of a gun-for-hire here than a director with any specific vision; he goes through the motions efficiently, but there is little enthusiasm, and the presumed big-laugh moments arrive muted and inert.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
William Barr says he doesn’t envision investigations of Joe Biden, Barack ObamaTrump has stated without evidence that he believes Obama had committed unspecified crimes
Read more »
Ontario to hold independent review into long-term care as deaths mount in facilitiesAbout 1,400 long-term care residents have died amid COVID-19 outbreaks in the facilities, as well as five staff members
Read more »