The Big Year

Otherwise, theres little to fill out a film that at least has the good sense not to take on any more dramatic weight than its hollow bones can handleeach character works through some personal issues, but theyre fairly pat. ( Read More )

Bill Weber

Call it an Olive Garden farce for audiences who dont hunger for authentically cinematic wit because its almost never on the menu. ( Read More )

Kimberley Jones

But Frankel and scripter Howard Franklin hardly poke a stick at any of those ideas, opting instead to take universal conditions Brads self defeat, say, or Kennys myopia and render them as generically as possible.But The Big Years biggest disappointment is its inadequacy in elucidating the passion of the birder. ( Read More )

Keith Phipps

Owen Wilson and Jack Black appear on the verge of succumbing to the same terminal blandness thats gripped Martin for so long. ( Read More )

That said, if youre going to go slapstick, make a slapstick comedy. ( Read More )