Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

sme_no_densetsu "Made" was the movie that reunited Jon Favreau & Vince Vaughn five years after their surprise breakthrough hit "Swingers". This time, Favreau himself handled the directing duties for the first time in his career, while also writing the screenplay.The setup this time around has certain similarities to "Swingers". This time, instead of being a struggling actor, the lead character is a struggling boxer. The dynamic between the two main characters is also quite similar.The story itself concerns a couple of unsuccessful pals getting involved in low-level organized crime by way of a money-laundering deal. Favreau's character tries to maintain some semblance of quiet professionalism while Vaughn's loudmouth character continually does and says the wrong thing practically every step of the way.As before, Favreau & Vaughn work very well together. Favreau is more or less the straight man while Vaughn is the enthusiastic but often clueless joker. In support, there are some memorable performances from Famke Janssen, Faizon Love, Peter Falk and (surprisingly) Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs. Also, watch for Bud Cort & Sam Rockwell in small, uncredited roles.Favreau's direction is ably handled, though it doesn't have the same panache that Doug Liman brought to "Swingers". My bigger concern is with the screenplay. There are plenty of laughs but in the final act it seems that Favreau can't decide if he wants to veer towards silliness or seriousness.Ultimately, "Made" contains an ample supply of funny moments but I don't think that the story completely holds together. That being said, since the movie does succeed in recapturing at least some of the magic of "Swingers" I'd say that it's worthwhile in the end.

srdjan_veljkovic The "Swingers" take on a low-level mafia comedy didn't work out. It's a nice thing they tried. It's not nice they failed.There's some good stuff. Most of all, it's not boring. Vince Vaughn is annoying at times, but even he's not boring. The pace is good, story is OK (there are plot holes, but, hey, it's a low-level mafia comedy). Except Vince Vaughn, most actors are OK, too.The biggest problem is that it's not very funny, or fun. Well, not unless you're a big Vince Vaughn fan. Very few guys or situations are attempts at being funny apart from Vince Vaughn and he just tries to do too much with the pretty same approach, so it starts getting in the way.With less Vince Vaughn antics, less plot holes and more substantial story and message, this may have been more of a "dramedy" and worked better. We shall never know, but, as-is, it just isn't very good.

Ravain Zeeman Fantastic! I think this is where Vaughns off beat dry sense of comedic humor really took off, almost every scene has an edgy feel about it, very trendy and in my opinion ahead of its time...I think many mob films with a splash of comedy thrown over it have been made, unfortunately most of them failed somehow this one doesn't even P. Diddy is tolerable and the dialoge between the two as well as their love hate relationship makes it a good watchIn conlclusion One the few good "guy" films out there and the characters although somewhat zany are extremely likable as well as easy to relate to, if your a Vaughn fan or just prefer humor that isn't dull and obvious check out Made!!

cjd-8 Just that: Painful. Forcing myself to watch the entirety of this flick was like trying to pull out my own teeth with a pair of pliers. Vaughn's character's dialog was unbelievably obnoxious; I kept turning down the volume just to get through it with out actually turning off the player. While, every now and then, an actual action-or-comedy-spiced plot would momentarily surface, the remaining 90-percent was a never-ending husband-and-wife bickering between the two main male characters. Not a light banter as between Crystal and Hines, but a creepy, juvenile dialog-cum-slap-fest. Maybe I just don't understand what the write/director were after, but.. I found it boring! boring! boring!