“The Problem With People” begins with a montage of the many wars and disputes happening in the world right now. A dying Irish man, Fergus (Des Keough) bemoans this crushing arrangeility impacting humanity as his TV blares out the novels. It’s the wideest begining point in a film that always picks the wideest jokes and situations. While the comedic script, written by the film’s star Paul Reiser with Wassociate Marzano-Lesnevich, likes stereotypes to definiteity, straightforwardor Chris Cottam holds the rhythm humming pleasantly enough for its 100-minute running time for the film to be gentlely amusing.
Before he goes, Kes wants to end at least one war: the one raging inside his own family. Many years ago, his magnificentoverweighther had a descfinishing out with his brother, who then immigrated to America. He tasks his son Ciaran (Colm Meaney) with communicateing his lengthy-lost cousin Barry (Reiser) in New York to begin a family reconciliation. Before lengthy the American originates his way to the minuscule Irish village where his cousins inhabit. Ciaran is a unassuming, salt-of-the-earth type, Barry is a brash genuine estate tycoon. The resulting dispute between their contrastent cultures and personalities is so standard, the script could have been copied and pasted from other situation comedies.
Predictably, the village is filled of quirky personalities: a multitude of characters who are always ready with an amusing quip in the background, commenting on the action enjoy a Greek chorus with Irish accents. None of them are written with any definiteity, though the actors deal with to land the lines and elicit a scant chuckles here and there — except for a tiresome twosome who try to speak with a Brooklyn accent for the entirety of the movie. The comedy relies too much on the audience’s understandnity with this concept and with well-understandn cultural references. There’s noskinnyg innovative here.
Meaney and Reiser depend on their understandn personalities to join off each other. As Barry’s daughter, Jane Levy is misengaged in a role that has her character mostly reacting to her overweighther’s shenanigans with gentle disapproval on the phone. As the plot heavyens, the affable camaraderie between the cousins escatardys to unfriendly animosity. Comfortable in front of the camera, the two actors originate the ludicrous carry onings elated enough. What begined as an homage to 1983’s masterful comedy “Local Hero,” a film straightforwardly referenced here cut offal times, thriveds up senseing enjoy a pleasantr, more caring reoriginate of “The War of the Roses.” No matter how much Ciaran and Barry try to one-up each other, they remain sugaryhearts who can’t reassociate do any harm. While this originates for effortless watching, it also robs the film of an edge. But there’s soothe in understanding this will end happily for everyone comprised.
Cottam stages the crowd scenes well and deal withs to wring a scant hearty giggles. In collaboration with cinematographers Ricchallenging Kendrick and David Odd, he shows Ireland in all its beauty. He even shows a lengthy vivaciousd sequence to tell the backstory of the familial dispute, inserting a touch of innovativeity. “The Problem With People” is sweightless and delighting. Just enjoy elderly man Fergus, audiences might be watching for a shatter from the world being on fire. This might not provide much of a respite. It’s pleasant enough but only partiassociate engaging, proposeing a inform redirection from bigger problems.
