Smother (2008/II)

Director: Vince Di Meglio

Cast: Diane Keaton as Marilyn Cooper, Dax Shepard as Noah Cooper, Liv Tyler as Clare Cooper, Ken Howard as Gene Cooper, Jerry Lambert as Donnie Booker, Selma Stern as Helen Cooper, Mike White as Myron Stubbs, Steven Christopher Parker as Dana, Henriette Ivanans as Therapy Receptionist, Frank Crim as Bob, Eddie Frierson as Ralph, Matt Steinauer as Carpet Bazaar Mascot, Rachel Cannon as Waitress, Tara Moore as Pippi, Lucas Gorak as Tommy

After seeing the poster from the film Smother,I knew I was about to
live one of those intolerable film experiences which make me want to
take my eyes out.However,I felt a slight optimism because the movie had
a solid cast which I thought it was going to rescue the
movie.Unfortunately that did not happen.Smother is a horrible movie,but
it is not execrable.That is the best I can say about it.

The screenplay from Smother (written by the same guys from License to
Wed,something which explains they have anything but talent for writing
movies) is full of cheap and predictable humor.Seriously,I did not
laugh even once watching this film.Besides,the solid cast I previously
mentioned is absolutely wasted.After the big number of garbage she has
been involved in (like the monumentally atrocious and execrable Because
I Said So),some people may think the career from Diane Keaton is
extinguishing.However,it is impossible for me to forget the excellent
performances she has brought in previous decades,on films like Annie
Hall or Baby Boom.On Smother,she makes her best effort with her
performance,but her character is so horribly written she cannot do
anything with it.Dax Shepard has left on me a good impression with his
solid performances on the films Baby Mama and Idiocracy.However,he does
what he can with his character.Mike White also makes a good effort,but
he does not reach too far away.He is a very talented screenwriter (like
he has shown on films like The Good Girl and School of Rock),so I would
have liked to see he was one of the screenwriters from this
movie,instead of only acting on it.Liv Tyler suffers from the same
situation of all the previously mentioned actors : being wasted.

The worst fail from Smother is being absolutely boring and unfunny.Its
screenplay is nothing more than a collection of forced scenes and
situations we have seen on sit-coms.Stay far away from this crappy
comedy.