With time, there have been many such films which try to make a splash in their genre as well as cinema. Some productions make it, but others fail at what they are trying to do and fall far short in comparison. unfortunately, mad in trouble This is the last case.
This recent premiere is a comedy that fails to hit almost any of its jokes, and would only get one star if it weren’t for a 10-minute scene that weighs more than the entire movie. Anyway, we’re here to criticize, and since I don’t want to waste too much time talking about this movie, I’ll get straight to it.
Going forward, mad in trouble It’s a spoof that doesn’t work as a comedy, despite its genre as such. The characters aren’t engaging and that’s a shame, because there are good actresses. But in the end it’s just another movie that I think tries to do something, but fails to convey what it wants.
data sheet
- original title: joy ride
- Year: 2023
- Release date in Chile: August 11, 2023
- Duration: 95 minutes
- Direction: Adele Lim (screenwriter of Raya and the Last Dragon)
- Screenplay: Cheri Chewpravatdumrong; Teresa Hsiao; adele lim
- Producer: Cherry Chewpravatdumrong; Dan Clarke; Jess Dweck; Josh Fagen; Evan Goldberg; Teresa Hsiao; Adele Lim; Seth Rogen; james weaver
- Music: Nathan Matthew David
- Cinematography: Paul Yee
- Editing: Babe Erb
- Actors and Actresses: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, Stephanie Hsu, Kenneth Liu, Annie Mumolo, David Denman, Debbie Fan
- comic style
- Production Company: Lionsgate; Point Gray Pictures
- Distributor: Lionsgate; BF delivery
- Version for your review: Traditional Cinema, Original Language
trailer
Summary
When Audrey, an Asian American activist, lands one of the biggest contracts of her career in her home country of China, her life is turned upside down. In a world filled with stereotypes, racism, and malevolence, he sees an opportunity to put a foot above the rest.
Things get more complicated when her childhood friend, Lolo, finds a way to find her birth mother without Audrey’s knowledge. You will soon realize that your business trip will become an adventure of a lifetime.
Nothing felt like the most important thing about traveling was more than getting a better position in your company. Everything is as it should be, and Audrey, along with her group of friends, will have to adapt to things going wrong.
What will the hero learn in a new adventure? What will you find in your native roots, your culture and your people? How will life allow you to take on more and more challenges and grow as a person?
Verdict: Inadequate
Good
- It has a dramatic scene which manages to boost it towards the end of the film.
- Some jokes work.
bad
- Much of his humor is not laughable, and can even make him uncomfortable.
- He tries to stick to popular themes (especially K-pop) but it doesn’t seem to garner interest.
- There are a lot of clichés in both its subject matter and its method of production.
- It doesn’t help that the plot is simplistic and far from reaching something infamous.
- His characters also do not seem interesting.
- It feels like it is stretching unnecessarily and in a very unnatural way.
As I said in the beginning, I don’t want to spend more time on this movie than I should, but mad in trouble Not a big deal for those looking for a good mood. It’s hard to pick good things about this film, but the truth is that it just doesn’t make any sense.
This is a movie that finds it very difficult to make people laugh, no matter how much it wants to. In fact, I’d say it’s pretty boring sometimes. And ultimately, it is a pity that it is so. Personally, I feel sad when a film doesn’t do well, because every production is meant to do good work behind the scenes. But sometimes things are like this.
mad in trouble It probably isn’t worth watching in the cinema, and in fact, personally I’d think about it a lot before saying it’s worth watching at home, because it’s really not that good. I don’t want to leave a negative tone in this film, so I want to give some space to the good.
Very near the end of the film, there is a scene that colors the making of the play, and truthfully, saves the tape in many ways. That’s what makes it interesting, it tells so much in one scene near the end of it that it would have been remarkable if the film had been like this from the start.
This scene has to be given to Ashley Park and Debbie Phan. I think it strays so far from the desperate humor and plot that it comes off as a fresh and refreshing take on the visuals. It seems as if for a few minutes we are looking at something else.
I want to be especially clear, this scene saves my tape, and I say “saves” from the point where I thought nothing saved it. It’s a well-directed and well-starred tape, which gives it something the rest of the production lacked.
Turning to the bad part of the delivery, it’s a shoddy film that forces humor and tries to top it with sexual themes, which doesn’t really contribute anything. They lack charisma, love, work and the actors they have left a lot to be desired.
Definitely, mad in trouble It’s a tape that’s no good. It doesn’t entertain, it doesn’t delight, and its most admirable moment is near the end. It’s about connecting with today’s popular currents, but that’s not critical.
It is as if some artificial intelligence has created a script based on what is in vogue today and at the same time has done it wrong. It may be that this feature film completely overshadows the films currently releasing, but when things are set, the results speak for themselves. Ultimately it is a film without tail or head.
We thank BF Distribution for the invitation to be able to do this review,