Pros: 1. The character development of both Dave Lockwood (Jason Bateman) and Mitch Planko (Ryan Reynolds) is somewhat solid in addition to feeling natural and earned.

2. The comedy is definitely at its best when both Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are firing off of each other.

3. The film gives an appropriately heart-warming message of accepting responsibility for your failures as well as the importance of taking care of your family.

Cons: 1. It seems that Ryan Reynolds plays the exact same character in almost every film he does. This character is no different.

2. The downbeat score that plays every time the movie wants the audience to feel sad or engage in introspection is overbearing and annoying.

3. The humour mostly relies on crude language, and poo and sex jokes; it gets boring very fast.

4. The character of Sabrina McKay (Olivia Wilde) is pointlessly shoehorned in to act as a device for Dave Lockwood to do some soul-searching, whilst providing Mitch Planko with a weak love-interest.

5. There's nowhere near enough scenes with Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds together which is a shame as they carry the comedy.

6. The sub-plot of Mitch's Dad (Alan Arkin) being disappointed in Mitch Planko is just plonked in to force some deeper emotion into the film; it fails miserably.