Catch Me!

I didn’t expect it but I had a really great time. The currently standard selection of contemporary comedy actors (Ed Helms, Jon Hamm vs. Jeremy Renner) was supported by Jake Johnson from New Girl and Hannibal Buress, who also both did a pretty good job. And this team, which of itself is pretty good, was incredibly outshined by Isla Fisher, whose competitiveness pretty much beat every single guy on the team. And then there is the premise itself which at first sight looks fairly wacky, but it works really great. This was probably 94 minutes of the best comedy entertainment from the USA in 2018. (14.12.2018)

After Game Night, the second comedy notch and success from the USA, where excellent Jeremy Renner in one of his best roles ever. I like the idea, which is also based on true events, the five protagonists were good and next to Renner I enjoyed Jake Johnson a lot. There are fewer gags than one might expect, but the film maintains a funny tone throughout. Praise also for the great slow motion during the "action" scenes. P.S. I really wish Renner had his own action series. (19.08.2018)

Eine Komödie, in welcher der gesamte Humor darauf basiert, dass jemand mit hoher Geschwindigkeit gegen etwas prallt oder auf den Hintern fällt. Das Potenzial des Themas wird nicht genutzt - tatsächlich wird in diesem Film mehr geredet als gespielt. Wenn zumindest die Dialoge etwas wert wären, aber der fehlende Witz ist einfach spürbar und das Ganze versinkt in der Skript-Unfähigkeit, etwas Originelles und Unterhaltsames zu schaffen. Es ist deutlich zu spüren, dass die Handlung nur eine notwendige Soße um das gewünschte Thema herum ist, wenn eine Bande von Jungs ein Kinderspiel spielt. Erwartet keinen Mehrwert. Von der Besetzung hat nur Jake Johnson Comedy Talent, die anderen geben sich nur krampfhaft Mühe (insbesondere Ed Helms hat mich in letzter Zeit mit seinem vergeblichen Versuch, lustig zu sein, irritiert). Der kürzlich erschienene, thematisch ähnliche Film: Game Night war zwar auch eine Gehirn-ausknips-Komödie, aber zumindest konnte man dabei lachen. (12.09.2018)

Auch wenn das Thema des Films nach einer unglaublichen Dummheit klingt, bietet dieses Blinde-Kuh-Spiel für Erwachsene doch so manche Szene, die vor Humor und rasanter Action nur so strotzt. Einen großen Anteil daran hat natürlich die Besetzung, von der ich am meisten von der aggressiv komischen Isla Fisher und dem unbändigen Jeremy "Hawkeye" Renner beeindruckt war. Mir gefiel, dass es sich nicht nur um eine geradlinig erzählte Komödie handelte, sondern um ein Stück Filmkunst mit mehr als einer drehbuchtechnischen Überraschung. (27.08.2019)

Dynamic frat-pack fun that understands that the biggest mistake it could make would be to slow down. Given its ties to small-town comedy, we constantly find ourselves in obvious settings (a wedding, an office, a suburban house, a hospital, a golf course), but at least it admits that the characters aren't entirely happy in them, as they constantly revert to their non-committal high school years, whether through uninterrupted playing tag or drooling over their school crushes. As such, the film's most heated moment was clearly slapped on her dad's funeral. Otherwise, to list it off in points: 1) If Edgar Wright had made this, it would have been the movie of the year and fences would be toppling with glee; 2) I would have gladly tagged the insufferable dude Renner with the hood of a car; 3) The age gap between the female and male actors was minimized, but the girls certainly didn't look it, so it must have been an even more painful spectacle for female viewers in their forties. 4) The general use of female characters here is really odd, but that's probably based on the fact that none had much of a role in the real-life subject matter. (11.09.2018)

A perfect feel-good film for a Sunday afternoon. It didn’t put too much strain on my brain, and I had a really good time. In addition to a quality male cast, there was also Isla Fisher and Annabelle Wallis, which made me very happy. The character of the extremely competitive Anna Malloy was one of the film’s greatest assets. What I also liked was that the film steered clear of pathos or hypocritical moralizing. (28.10.2018)