Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
The film often plays like everyone making it agreed that some on-set idea was so funny it had to be included, whether or not it suited the story.
United States · 2015
1h 40m
Director Barry Levinson
Starring Bill Murray, Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson
Genre Comedy, Music, War
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A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.
Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
The film often plays like everyone making it agreed that some on-set idea was so funny it had to be included, whether or not it suited the story.
The cast of old pros (including Bruce Willis as a soldier of fortune) amble through amiably enough, but a few laughs here and there aren’t enough to make this movie come together in a satisfying way.
Laughs are few, attempts at feel-good catharsis fizzle out limply, and all of Murray’s most elaborate performance setpieces — especially his endless rendition of “Smoke on the Water” for tribal elders — fall embarrassingly flat.
The film quickly settles into a depressingly one-note groove as a culture-clashing circus act.
The Guardian by Jordan Hoffman
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