Rating of
3/4
Better than I expected.
TheWolf - wrote on 08/04/07
When I first saw this the previews for this movie my first reaction was that I would be walking around saying "Yeah I liked it better the first time when it was called the Truman Show." I was happy to see that this movie took a completely different direction. I was even more thrilled to see that they chose Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson to play brothers (I always thought they looked a lot alike). So this movie did a good job of capitalizing on what was quickly becoming a trend on television, and that being reality TV. Film follows the formula all Ron Howard films have. Set up an interesting situation, show us a montage of how fun it is, throw in conflict, make it seem like the hero/heroine is in an impossibly difficult situation, have them get out of it and end with everybody all smiles and hugs. Nothing too deep or dark to offend anybody. I don't deny that I enjoyed the movie.
Over all I liked the movie, I thought it had a decent premise, and while I am not a big fan of reality TV, I think I enjoyed this movie because it was "scripted reality". The acting was good, and all in all I couldn't find any real reasons not to like it.
