I should have known better, but...
Before I lay into this film I will preface things by saying that I am not married, do not like bikes and am not in the process of having a mid-life crisis, so I suppose I should have known better. It looks like a film aimed at families and middle-men and it is. So if you are a middle-aged man with a thing about bikes and you're feeling a bit tubby round the middle, then this film might be right up your street, but its not up mine.
It seems to be aimed at middle america and in doing so it also seems to be aiming to keep everyone completely unoffended. I don't think an iTunes review is really the place to start debating the merits of offensive comments, gross-behaviour, political or religious comment as comedic devices, but one thing is for sure, when you remove them all from a film you need to work hard with what you have left. This film does not.
Sure there are the odd homophobic jokes in there, which is a bit risque in a 1970s "Carry On" type way, but at the end of the day it is bland, so very, very bland. If I had sat and watched the test-card I may have seen more character development in the eternally still and unchanging girl and clown.
Its not bad, but its not good either. It's bland and to be honest that's the worst thing you could ever say about a film. That's why it gets one star.
