It’s so sad, the idea of this movie seemed like it could be really interesting. I like Simon Pegg, even when he isn’t doing his own script. But this wasn’t the right movie. It has three distinct acts, but they feel like they’re different movies. The first act is dedicated to setting up the main character and his problems. There’s a bit of wackiness that sets up a development in the second act.
But this is where the movie drags the most. I realized that it was spending way too much time establishing his paranoid behavior. I realized that I thought of What About Bob?, in which Bob’s character is established within probably a half a minute. The rest of his behavior in the movie is a logical extension of this idea. Here, the main character’s behavior is established over a much longer time, but it also just evaporates when it needs to.
The comedy is weird. When I think about the way this was written, there are strong odds that it was a really funny read. But when I see it, something went wrong. The direction doesn’t play up the comedic angle.
The direction is pretty solid, but it seems like it was an effort to make a different movie than it wound up being.
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