Ugh, people were ready to hate this from the second it was announced. It's not nearly as bad as people are making it sound, nor is it brilliant, how difficult is it for people to not take extreme sides?
Jordan, those were my thoughts exactly. I thought it was a super cute trailer that got much better as it progressed, really the less they showed Diaz. Now, I think Diaz is doing some very stylized acting here and she looks committed; I also was one of the few who thought she was a perfect casting choice when she was announced. However, none of the humor on the clip seems to land; hopefully the performance works in the context of the film. Otherwise, Quevenzhane Wallis and Jamie Foxx look very cute together (Foxx doesn't seem to be phoning it in as much here as he was in DREAMGIRLS), and Rose Byrne is always a welcome presence.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
