There are good things about this musical comedy. The locations used in Croatia look fabulous. The Graduation seen at Oxford, UK reminds me much of Professor Wagstaff's college decorum at Huxley University in HorseFeathers (for those who have never seens one of the Marx Brothers top grossing films from Paramont, it throughly lampoons higher education. That is the only reason why it doesn't get as much aclaim as Duck Soup. )
Another good thing is the crossing of 3 generations or so in the cast. The idea here is to continue the story and try to get all ages interested it it. A fair part of the cast is really quite old. 72 Year Old Cher looks very heavy both in girth and in the make up department. It is also unclear why she is even there other than to do the one song. I also wonder if CGI is used along with make-up on Cher as her neck has no wrinkles which is truly amazing.
Meryl Streep at age 69 does not have as much make up and actually looks good for that age. I am glad to see the Grandparents, Parents, Kids and Grand kids all mixed together.
The bad parts are the mix ups in script and the story. I came out of the film that I saw with someone and they had a different idea of what everything meant than I did. I would classify this more as a Musical than a comedy. Of course, the way they present it I think an episode of 79 year old Maury Povich needs to be done to have a DNA test sort out the fantasy from the reality (if there is any reality in this plot line). Oh well, we got 3 daddies, a plastic great Grandma, a mom who appears to be risen from the dead, and more women throwing themselves at men than the average movie. Women can throw themselves at METOO, I don't mind.
I think with a few lines and zingers, we could make this a sequel to Halloween and bring in Jason as Cher's Ex-Grandpa. It is entertaining and well staged. It's just a bit out of the realm of being a musical that would bring back musicals and another summer of 2018 movie that falls short. (note- the Comedy in Ant Man and The Wasp is much more on target than the humor in this musical, even though it gets shrunk).
Another good thing is the crossing of 3 generations or so in the cast. The idea here is to continue the story and try to get all ages interested it it. A fair part of the cast is really quite old. 72 Year Old Cher looks very heavy both in girth and in the make up department. It is also unclear why she is even there other than to do the one song. I also wonder if CGI is used along with make-up on Cher as her neck has no wrinkles which is truly amazing.
Meryl Streep at age 69 does not have as much make up and actually looks good for that age. I am glad to see the Grandparents, Parents, Kids and Grand kids all mixed together.
The bad parts are the mix ups in script and the story. I came out of the film that I saw with someone and they had a different idea of what everything meant than I did. I would classify this more as a Musical than a comedy. Of course, the way they present it I think an episode of 79 year old Maury Povich needs to be done to have a DNA test sort out the fantasy from the reality (if there is any reality in this plot line). Oh well, we got 3 daddies, a plastic great Grandma, a mom who appears to be risen from the dead, and more women throwing themselves at men than the average movie. Women can throw themselves at METOO, I don't mind.
I think with a few lines and zingers, we could make this a sequel to Halloween and bring in Jason as Cher's Ex-Grandpa. It is entertaining and well staged. It's just a bit out of the realm of being a musical that would bring back musicals and another summer of 2018 movie that falls short. (note- the Comedy in Ant Man and The Wasp is much more on target than the humor in this musical, even though it gets shrunk).