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Flypaper (Film)
Running Time: 87
Country: USA
Director: Rob Minkoff
Cast: Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Tim Blake Nelson
Distributor: Gold Coast Film Festival (www.gcfilmfestival.com)
Release Date: November 24, 2011
Film Worth: $12.00
FILMINK rates movies out of $20 - the score indicates the amount we believe a ticket to the movie to be worthIt kicks off with a cracking premise but the outrageousness of the situations and the characters soon becomes wearying.
The writing team behind The Hangover, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, start Flypaper with another brilliant premise: two gangs attempt to rob the same bank at the same time. Throw in customer, "Tripp" (Patrick Dempsey) - a brilliant savant that quickly negotiates a way for them to work together and you'll think this is another funny and clever film. Unfortunately, the incredulity is taken one notch too far and it's hard to care about the all-too-outrageous characters.
When an impending romance between bank teller, Kaitlin (Ashley Judd) and Tripp is set up, it's insulting to be expected to buy the idea that she'll eventually leave her wealthy fiancé for an un-medicated neurotic. Whilst Judd is unusually flat, the other actors are so animated that they feel like cartoons. Perhaps it's because Flypaper director is not Hangover's Todd Phillips, but Rob Minkoff, whose main credits are cartoons (The Lion King, Stuart Little).
While the actors in The Hangover played it real, allowing the hilarity of the situation to entertain the audience, Flypaper does the opposite. The over-cooking kills the promise and the plot. None of the hostages seem to be taking the situation seriously either, so it's a little hard for audiences to care.
