LFF Surprise Screening

After Green Book being the Surprise Movie last year at LFF, I had high hopes, maybe to high, because I was nothing but disappointed.

What can I say... Let's start with the good stuff first:

Adam Sandler sent in a video message, greeting the London audience, which was a pretty nice thing to do, and it already set the mood for the movie, so kudos for that.

Don't get me wrong, Adam Sandler is the highlight of this movie and without his awesome performance, the rating would be even lower. He is clearly going down the same route as Steve Carell in 2014 with Foxcatcher. Maybe we will see him in more drama roles in the future, as I'm sure he will be recognised for his performance, it really suits him and shows that he can do much more than comedy(!).........but that doesn't make the movie good.

Kevin Garnett and The Weekend, playing themselves, is hilarious, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't what they were aiming for. This movie makes you feel physically so uncomfortable... People constantly shout at each other, this movie feels overly forced to be hectic, aggressive, unsettling, just with the intend of making the audience feel uncomfortable. I get it... it's suppose to make you feel as bad as the character Sandler plays, but I am not sure if he feels worse at the end of the movie, or my stomach.

After reading a few TIFF reviews, I was excited to see this movie, but never have reviews been so misleading.

I think this would have been a good short film, to stress you out for 15-20mins, but having this run for 2 hours and 15min is just to much for a sound mind. Just imagine, you had an all you can eat buffet and now have to ride a rollercoaster for the next 2.5 hours, that's how you gonna feel at the end. A must see for every fan of Sadism and masochism.