As excited as I am for this film in theory, I am a little disconcerted by how Jason Segal and Amy Adams seem to be dominating the footage thus far. Point being, it's a MUPPET MOVIE, not a Segal/Adams vehicle. Anyway, this is an obvious but amusing riff on The Hangover, and the cameo at 0:50 merits a solid laugh.
I'm genuinely impressed that Disney kept this offline the whole weekend. I didn't even see a cruddy bootleg on YouTube, although I didn't look for one. Obviously this trailer is a big tease, with the first 2/3 advertising a pretty terrible-looking romantic comedy before getting to the punchline. I certainly hope the apparent absence of Statler and Waldorf doesn't portend to their absence in the film (they should have been the ones to reveal the gag), but otherwise this is an amusing tease.
Straight from the lobby of the AMC Promenade 16. I can only hope this means we'll be seeing a trailer attached to Cars 2 on June 24th. And I most certainly will be seeing this with Allison come next Thanksgiving. Really, she has no choice in the matter. She doesn't have to be the kind of kid who likes Star Wars or Looney Tunes, in fact the main reason I haven't yet reviewed the new Looney Tunes Show is that she has absolutely no interest in it. So far, she's been ambivalent about both properties (she does enjoy Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons, so that's a start), but I have to draw a line somewhere. So come November 23rd (or hopefully an earlier press screening), it will be a trip to "The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made" (working title) or it will be a trip to the nearest Safe Surrender.
Cameron Diaz has always an obvious urge to play around in the R-rated comedy sandbox. The Sweetest Thing may not be a great movie, but it's a game attempt at fashioning a fem-driven comedy that was just as filthy and profane as the typical male road-trip farce. So it's good to see her returning to the raunch pool yet again. Director Jake Kasdan has an unfortunate habit of making fine films (Walk Hard, Zero Effect, The TV Set) that absolutely no one sees, so hopefully this could have his shot at mainstream exposure. As for the film itself, it looks pleasantly amusing, with the always winning conceit of a foul and relatively horrible adult being put in charge of kids. I'm sure the film will get some flack over Diaz's profane and generally unpleasant (and her desire to find a man to take care of her), but it's a little refreshing to see a mainstream comedy where the men are mainly saintly pieces of background scenery while the women get to be center-stage assholes. If this and Bridesmaids both become solid hits, we could (hopefully) see a more consistent output of female-driven comedies. And more importantly, they will be prevalent enough where we won't have to analyze every one of them within an inch of their lives in regards to their gender politics. Bad Teacher comes out June 24th. As always, we'll see...
