I Give It a Year (2013)
Directed by Dan Mazer
After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their relationship in jeopardy.
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“I Give It a Year” starts where most romantic comedies end, with a lavish wedding between two comely, endearing characters — in this case, brand consultant Nat (Byrne, again cast, a la “Bridesmaids,” as an uptight, neurotic beauty) and novelist Josh (recently much-in-demand Spall, last seen in “Life of Pi”).
Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids) and Rafe Spall (Life of Pi) play Nat and Josh, a couple who fall in love at a party and marry in a lavish wedding eight months later.
As husband Josh, Rafe Spall (2012's " Life of Pi ") matches (or should it be mismatches?)
We witness the meeting and courtship of Nat (gorgeous Rose Byrne) and Josh (agreeable everyman Rafe Spall, last seen in “Life of Pi”) over a quick musical montage — the key word being quick.
Directed by Dan Mazer ( I Give It A Year ), Dirty Grandpa is a coming-of-age frat film in which neither protagonist is at college.
Mi abuelo es un peligro (Dirty Grandpa, 2016), dirigido por Dan Mazer (I Give It a Year, 2013), es un repertorio de clichés pertenecientes a lo peor de la comedia norteamericana: el empoderamiento del hombre, la ridiculización del anciano, el joven reprimido que abandonó sus ideales, el padre autoritario, el amigo judío, el atleta fortachón, el torpe traficante, el hippie relajado, el homosexual discriminado, el negro relegado, la joven ninfómana, la objetivación de la mujer, el viaje por carretera, el concurso del consumo de alcohol, las noches en los centros nocturnos, las peleas en el callejón, en fin, nada nuevo bajo el sol de Florida.
This is all brought to bear by director Dan Mazer ( I Give It A Year ), who possibly looked at the dailies, said “good enough”, and sweetened the constant lesbian jokes and references to ALF where he could.
But at least it wasn’t as reprehensible as this cruel, lazily scripted and ultimately spineless effort from British director Dan Mazer ( I Give It a Year ) and screenwriter John Phillips, which knocks another nail into Robert De Niro ’s comedy coffin.
The usually responsible Jason is about to get an education in how quickly letting loose can get him into a world of trouble.Directed by Dan Mazer (2013's likable revisionist romantic comedy " I Give It a Year ") and written by John Phillips, "Dirty Grandpa" is tone-deaf, hostile and endlessly unpleasant.
Director Dan Mazer has a long, storied career with Sacha Baron Cohen, and he last helmed the spotty but sometimes amusing Brit anti-rom-com “I Give It a Year,” which featured its share of purely visual jokes.
But directed by Dan Mazer (I Give It A Year), it’s nowhere near subversive as, say, Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers.