Drinking Buddies - 29th July 2014

Tuesday Night is Film Night squeezes in a film tonight, after we missed last week. This week we see what happens in; 

Drinking Buddies

So what is Drinking Buddies all about? According to IMDB;

"Luke (Jake Johnson) and Kate (Olivia Wilde) are co-workers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others (Jill and Chris played by Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston), proves who really belongs together and who doesn't."

And that's it, it looks to all intents and purposes that the opposite members of the two main couples are ideal for each other and we watch as the relationships bloom and dissolve accordingly.

The story is as weak as the beer they are constantly drinking. The dialogue is as scintillating as an empty beer barrel. It looks like director Joe Swanberg has tried to let the actors ad-lib their way through the film, which in this particular case does not work at all. Not one iota!

It is diabolically bad. In fact it is insipid, vacuous and with no redeeming features whatsoever. Except for the end credits and they couldn't come soon enough. Even at 90 minutes long, that was 89 minutes too long for us.

Really, really awful film. And one that will go on the "never to be repeated and burn the DVD at the soonest possible moment" pile!

TNiFN Rating 8%
(And that was for Olivia Wilde taking her top off!)

IMDB Link