Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

M34 Really no matter how much plastic surgery Bronson has this is a it too much. no wonder it has a 1/10 on Metacritic, despite the obvious large number of shill reviews from its marketing company here

niutta-enrico A convoluted story appositely made to show on the screen some very good actors, the Ocean, Cambridge (UK), College classrooms, beautiful houses, beautiful cars, beautiful people…I know (we all know) how hard it could be to write an original comedy these days, so I won't complain. But this really was (in my opinion) one of the laziest script a man can conceive to justify the mixing of the above mentioned elements together.I'd like you to know in advance what is expecting you: nothing boring, nothing unpleasant, nothing unexpected, nothing you could possibly believe (or love).

TxMike We found this movie on Netflix streaming. I had low expectations but as the movie unfolded I found it quite entertaining.Pierce Brosnan (about 60) is Richard, a professor of poetry at Cambridge. His eye for the pretty woman was influenced by observing his philandering father from an early age. As this story unfolds we find that he has taken a liking to one of his American students, Jessica Alba (about 32) as Kate. Then we all are surprised to find out she is pregnant. She has a good job offer and is headed to Los Angeles.Their son is now about 2 or 3 and Richard doesn't want to be away from him so he moves to the USA also. Soon he finds that she is seeing someone on the side, a fellow her age, and when confronted tells Richard she was too young when they met, she married him because she needed a father figure, and wanted a divorce.As all this was unfolding we are introduced to her older sister, Salma Hayek (about 47) as Olivia. As things would develop Richard and Olivia start out roughly but when she sees how good a dad he is with his young son she takes a liking to him.Meanwhile Richard is getting into hot water with immigration, it seems he either has been ignoring their letters or writing "bollocks" on them and returning. So at some point he has to get his estranged wife to appear with him and try to keep his temporary visa, or get deported.All this get complicated when his dad, Malcolm McDowell (about 70) , Gordon, shows up in L.A. The cute kid is Duncan Joiner as Jake. Ben McKenzie is Brian, the young guy that Kate has been seeing for two years. SPOILERS: As it turns out Richard and Olivia do fall in love but he is rejected and gets deported. Unhappy teaching back in England he decides to travel to Mexico where he used his Hispanic lawyer's connections to sneak back into the USA. He and Olivia get together, and he gets a full-time teaching job at ULA.

siderite I believe Pierce Brosnan is perfect for the role he had in this film: a university English teacher that is both lecherous and intellectual, romantic and a total ass, a good father and a terrible partner, yet lovable and accessible nonetheless. Such a character has a fantastic potential to create a wonderful story.However, the story was sub par, the other characters cardboard and so many opportunities were missed out again and again. If I were to rate this film on the characters, I would have to give an 8 or even 9 to Brosnan's, but something close to 3 for Jessica Alba's. Salma Hayek's wasn't a lot better either and Malcolm McDowell, as the father, was 0-dimensional! I understand old actors get fewer jobs, but have you seen any of this guy's films? Can't you see how much better he could have been if given some good material?Bottom line: it's an American Britspoitation film, based entirely on Pierce Brosnan's charm, with a little bit of McDowell sprinkled in the cast to get old people like me interested. So much story potential and so many talented actors completely wasted by Hollywood accountants.