Jerry (Brad Pitt) is a perennial fuckup and his girlfriend, Sam (Julia Roberts) has had it. A chance accident led Jerry to be indebted to a mobster and as a final repayment, Jerry is told to go to Mexico to retrieve an antique pistol rumored to be cursed. Every single thing that could go wrong, does and Jerry fumbles his way back and forth across the countryside. Meanwhile, Sam is taken hostage by Leroy (James Gandolfini) as an incentive for Jerry to get his shit together.
Gandolfini is the best part of this movie and he's not in it nearly enough. Pitt and Roberts have zero chemistry together so the romance aspect falls a little flat for me. Mr. and Mrs. Smith this ain't. It's fine as a comedy of errors. It kind of reminded me of Pure Luck with Martin Short and Daniel Glover in that respect. It didn't blow me away and I felt like the first half dragged along interminably, but once it got going I was content enough. It is streaming on Paramount+ if you're interested in a time capsule from the turn of the century.
No comments:
Post a Comment