The movie started off promisingly and had me chuckling a few times early in the piece. Ryan Reynolds was in his usual form and while the movie wasn't entirely original it was entertaining fare. Then the Hollywood identity politics began creeping into the dialogue. Initially it was white privilege which at first I mistook for a bit of subtle humor but when other "messages" within the dialogue began to appear that was enough for me.

Comedy and light hearted fantasy don't really mix well with the identity politics claptrap coming out of Hollywood. Whatever happened to a movie just focusing on being entertaining? Disappointing.