Brett Ratner, a Jewish, rich, fat homophobe who spent most of his last 15 years directing music videos and Eddie Murphy, a jerk of a person with some, granted, pretty funny standups who, however, hasn't made anything decent in, what, 5 years?It was, definately, not a good prelude to a movie.
But, once you added Ben Stiller, Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick and Alan Alda, the result could have gone either way. Its Madoff-ish villain and the pack of Robin Hood would-be-thieves, together with the completely unrealistic approach to stealing, was something that gave it a somewhat questionable feeling.
I spent most of the movie balancing between liking it and being completely unphased by it. What helped in this historic decision was, perhaps, not so much the acting, plot holes, Gabourney Sidibe getting another role (I certainly never thought she would) but the ending itself. For, we all know by now, the endings ruin everything.
Shockingly, this one was quite all right making this not really a comedy - even though all the actors are primarily comedians. There's not much to laugh about here, yet there are certain moments when you will. One couldn't call it a drama, for it never really goes that deep. There is certain amount of action, but it's not an action movie per say. Basically, you get a mix of everything with the added delight of not being aimed at a sequel.
And in doing that, it actually turns into a decent movie.
7 out of 10.
