While I can appreciate taking a different route to a "men and women" comedy, this movie relies too hard on the narration explaining the science behind almost every action in the movie.
There are smart movies, and movies that try to prove how smart they are - and unfortunately this falls hard into the latter. Nobody is a fan for lumpy expositional dialogue, and this only takes it one step further behind not only explaining what a character is thinking at any time (even in moments so small as answering the phone) but the reason why they fee what they feel.
There is a good movie in here somewhere, and the actors do try to elevate the material - but it feels overall half-cooked and rushed.
On the positive, Cecily Strong is a true highlight (when is she not?)
There are smart movies, and movies that try to prove how smart they are - and unfortunately this falls hard into the latter. Nobody is a fan for lumpy expositional dialogue, and this only takes it one step further behind not only explaining what a character is thinking at any time (even in moments so small as answering the phone) but the reason why they fee what they feel.
There is a good movie in here somewhere, and the actors do try to elevate the material - but it feels overall half-cooked and rushed.
On the positive, Cecily Strong is a true highlight (when is she not?)