SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Married Baby Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

ianstark-95882 With a relatively good rating, and good reviews I thought the show was going to better than it actually was. The show's comedy is very one dimensional and somewhat stereotypical, it's similar to what you will find in the movies 'war dogs', 21/22 jump street, superbad, etc. So don't expect any comedic gold to come out of this show, for me it was a giggle every now and then. As far as the story goes, it's once again pretty plain, you can see what's going to happen next from a mile away and you always know that everything is going to go okay for our protagonists. The show was underwhelming to say the least, but it was still an in all entertaining, if you're looking for a show that isn't serious and might make you crack a smile here and there, go ahead and watch it, the episodes are short so you won't get bored, I wouldn't call it a bad show, but it's not as good as it could be either.

swilliky Living the high life with wealthy football players doesn't always come easy for Spencer Strasmore (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), financial advisors and former pro player. Strasmore and his high energy fellow adviser Joe (Rob Corddry) work with the wealthy the players to manage their wealth but this turns out to be very stressful and sometimes even downright physically painful. The show juggles wealth, sports, and the background dealings of the NFL right in time for the new season.This season still follows the other players and former players like my favorite Ricky Jerret (John David Washington), Charles Greene (Omar Benson Miller), and Vernon Littlefield (Donovan W. Carter. Ricky has to deal with negotiating with various teams and his father's boisterous twitter account to find a team that will pay him what he's worth. Charles failed to return to the league as a player but gets a chance to work as an offensive line manager. Vernon suffers an injury during paintball and worries about his future prospects.Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson returns to HBO for another season as the stressed out money manager Spencer Strasmore. His ambition grows this year with an ultimate goal of bringing a football team to Las Vegas. His clients have an endless list of problems that demand his attention at the same time and Spencer relies on his partner Joe (Rob Corddry) to help him solve them but Joe doesn't always have the best solutions. Ricky Jerret (John David Washington) is trying to move to a new team, the Patriots, but is suffering some mental lapses. Charles Greane (Omar Benson Miller) has complications working in the front office for the Miami Dolphins. Vernon Littlefield (Donovan W. Carter) has been a troublesome client with his best friend Reggie (London Brown) and are getting into even more trouble when they invest in a weed business. All of these troubles are only magnified when Spencer's ambitious venture causes the lead to take stricter action against his clients. Ricky's mistake of entering another person's house and assaulting the teenage kid inside is made public. Vernon is drug tested by the NFL. Jason (Troy Garity) the agent recruits some new clients that have a unique way of testing their representation. Charles clashes with the GM Larry Siefert (Dulé Hill) and his wife Julie (Jazmyn Simon) doesn't always come up with the best solution. Mr. Anderson (Richard Schiff) becomes involved in the Vegas venture trying to woo wealthy investors including his brother.Check out more of this review and others at swilliky.com

gregkut Ballers is a view into the fantasy land of being an NFL player, but not everything is champagne and caviar in the mean and nasty pro sports landscape. The show is flat for me because a) the Rock is not believable as a financial adviser. Did he go into this line of work just because his name is Spencer Strasmore, and it sounds like a 200 year old blue blood investment bank? b) the guys on this show, no matter if they throw in some adversity, always get what they want in the end. Like Entourage.. Oh, a magic phone call came in from Dallas, they want to offer you asking price plus $10M. all is fine in the world again! oh you had unprotected sex with that random club girl? your STD test came back negative! no worries! c.) the actors don't seem to care that much. Rob Cordroy is OK, the boss is half decent, but the Jewish/Italian agent looks at the camera half the time, the Rock is playing himself yet again, and the famous guys they get on the show are always brutal.

fibilove Ballers started off great with some interesting conflicts that you couldn't wait to see how they turned out. In the end, all the conflicts were solved to easily and made it feel like a real let down. For example, when the Vernon Littlefield blackmail situation came up in the show, what would have made it interesting was if Vernon's best friend was behind it. In the end it was Spencer Strasmore's ex and all he had to do was talk to her to resolve it...... really. The created lots of interesting story-lines only to just disappoint in the end. The Rock was great though, Rob Corddry did a good job, he was funny. Troy Garity and Dulé Hill also did a good job and fit their roles well. This show has potential to be really great. The writers just need to amp up the drama with some surprises and don't let a situation hang around for three episodes if the resolution is going to be simple.