I want to start with the fact that I am not a fan of films of this genre and I watched it completely by accident. (shown on public television) and of course I did not hear or know anything about it before, I did not watch ratings and do not read reviews and this is very good, since usually films with low ratings I try to bypass, since several times watching such films I very regretted wasting time.
After watching, I certainly could not stand it and still decided to look at the public opinion about this film and honestly was extremely surprised by such a low rating and negative reviews, as well as nominations for gold raspberries, so I decided to leave my opinion on the account of this film and so start everything in order:
Screenplay and story. Yes, I agree with many that it is primitive and simple, but do not forget that we are watching not a thriller or a detective story where the script is extremely important and the main component of a quality product, but we are watching a comedy where the main task is to make the viewer laugh, give positive emotions and a positive charge, so there is no sense in some confusing and complex plot.
I also really liked the fact that the creators went to such a move and did not shoot the continuation of the film and stupid plagiarism, but told the back story. Therefore, although the plot is primitive, but still in something original, not beaten, so to speak, with its zest.
Acting. Many in negative reviews write about the terrible acting that this is not a game at all, but just a curve on the camera, here I absolutely do not agree in my opinion, all the actors with their task quite coped, especially the main characters. They had to reveal the images of Harry and Lloyd, that is, to play as close as possible to the game of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels and in my opinion they succeeded perfectly (to be honest, I even thought that this was them for a while), so for the acting definitely.
Jokes. Perhaps the most important thing in the film genre of comedy. Of course, this film can not even be compared with the films of the great and my favorite director Leonid Gaidai, where the jokes are really witty and original and there is not a single joke & #39; below the belt & #39; which of course is an indicator of class.
But if you close your eyes to this, you can get a real pleasure from watching the film, since it is just full of jokes and some are very witty, personally I laughed at some almost to tears, for example, the scene at Jessica’s house is just not afraid of this word masterpiece, after reviewing several times and each time laughed. Also, when watching the film, you definitely do not have to get bored, if you do not laugh, then you should sit with a smile on your face for sure. So the jokes are also a plus (no stretch).
Soundtrack. Personally, I think the music in the film is a very important component. What can I say about the music in this film: cheerful, incendiary, always sounds appropriate, even helps when watching, in fact, what you need for a good comedy, for the music definitely.
And so I want to say in conclusion for those who are thinking about it or not:
1. If you love and appreciate high-fiction, high-moral movies, or movies with a confusing plot, then you clearly better pass by. But if you just want to have a good rest, relax, distract yourself from the daily bustle and laugh from the heart, you should definitely watch this film.
2. After reading the negative reviews, I had the impression that many people are very thickening the colors and trying to find only negative sides, which can certainly be done, I would even say easier, always very simple to pour dirt on someone else's work., to say that the film was made only to cut down money and so on, I also disagree with this, it seems to me that if the director had such a goal, it was clearly not the main one. And so the film turned out to be a very worthy continuation (prehistory), in my opinion, not even inferior to the original (well, if only just a little). By the way, I quite admit that many people really do not like the film, but it will be only those who do not like this genre and similar humor, but such people should not even start watching this film. And all those who like the first part I think will be very happy and will get a lot of positive emotions, cheer up and laugh from the heart.
The only downside to the movie for me is his first scene with Harry's birth, and it's good that when I first watched it, I missed it, because I think if I saw it, I'd have switched the channel right away or turned off the TV, it's just terrible: not funny, it's gross, it's disgusting and inappropriate. Only because of this, my assessment of the film will be lowered. in the rest, I think the creators of the film coped with their task and for me it is still the same Harry and Lloyd, only in his youth, so
9 out of 10