Eating Out is another one of those "well, at least I can say I've seen it" movies. It wasn't all bad, but it was really wasn't very good at all.
This is a good example of the writers thinking they're on a million-dollar comedy writing kick. While some of the jokes really do land and are quite funny, there are so many instances where it's obvious that everyone except the audience thinks the material is funny.
Story-wise, it's actually not too bad. There's a lot of potential for comedy interlaced within the storyline here, had it been executed just a little bit better. The script is extremely weak, to the point that it's rather difficult to tell if the problem lies with poor acting or strictly poor writing.
That being said, the final act of this film is really well done. It's funny, it's tense, it's sexy... it does bounce itself back at the end, but the final act isn't really worth sitting through everything you must endure to get to it. It was, quite literally, one of the longest 83 minutes I've had in the last few years, and I've seen a lot of bland material lately.
This is a good example of the writers thinking they're on a million-dollar comedy writing kick. While some of the jokes really do land and are quite funny, there are so many instances where it's obvious that everyone except the audience thinks the material is funny.
Story-wise, it's actually not too bad. There's a lot of potential for comedy interlaced within the storyline here, had it been executed just a little bit better. The script is extremely weak, to the point that it's rather difficult to tell if the problem lies with poor acting or strictly poor writing.
That being said, the final act of this film is really well done. It's funny, it's tense, it's sexy... it does bounce itself back at the end, but the final act isn't really worth sitting through everything you must endure to get to it. It was, quite literally, one of the longest 83 minutes I've had in the last few years, and I've seen a lot of bland material lately.