BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
Larry David didn’t give us another season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” yet because he was working on this movie. It’s about a guy who quits his corporate job right before they take off to a McDonalds/Apple level of “big”. Thus he moves away and lives a normal guy life without anyone knowing his true backstory of almost having it all. His former boss then moves to town and ruins everything for the guy. The boss is played by Jon Hamm, who does a decent enough job in the role. There’s not much to the character so he didn’t get a whole lot to run with. He’s just charming and misunderstood. Poor him. The rest of the cast is pretty awesome too. Danny McBride is the “best friend” plus there’s Bill Hader, Kate Hudson, Michael Keaton, Eva Mendes, Amy Ryan, JB Smoove, and Philip Baker Hall. It’s a great cast and they all play their roles nicely. Everything adds up for it to be a great comedy and it almost is. Don’t get me wrong, it’s pretty… pretty… pretty good, but it’s not nearly as great as the comedy of Larry David we’ve been groomed to love. This movie was basically a crazy surreal episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. The difference is that instead of Jeff Garlin we got Danny McBride. It would be as if the Larry David from “Curb Your Enthusiasm” got hit in the head and had a crazy dream. The result of said dream would be this wonderful episode of hilarity. Greg Mottola directs this and by all accounts, it’s great and made me laugh consistently through-out. It was just way too similar to “Curb” to feel “special”. I enjoyed the movie, but I guess it really didn’t feel like a movie. I want to watch it again, but I’m not in any big rush. I’d rather watch reruns of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and laugh harder. B+
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