![]() ![]() Hated the implied insult to the audience by its belief that anyone would be entertained by it. Hated the sensibility that thought anyone would like it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. All of the manifestations are played by Bruce Willis, who is not funny, or helpful, in any of them. ![]() He is the Easter bunny, a cowboy, a beach bum, and a Federal Express driver who works in several product plugs.įunny, thinks North this guy looks familiar. North is followed on his travels by a mysterious character who appears in many guises. There is an idiocy here that seems almost intentional, as if the filmmakers plotted to leave anything of interest or entertainment value out of these episodes. They are all seen as broad, desperate comic caricatures. What is the point of the scenes with the auditioning parents? (The victimized actors range from Dan Aykroyd as a Texan to Kathy Bates as an Eskimo). North's case hits the headlines, and since he is such an all-star overachiever, offers pour in from would-be parents all over the world, leading to an odyssey that takes him to Texas, Hawaii, Alaska, and elsewhere. North goes into court, where the judge is Alan Arkin, proving without the slightest shadow of a doubt that he should never, ever appear again in public with any material even vaguely inspired by Groucho Marx. And, yes, I know that is supposed to be a fantasy, but the pants-inspecting jokes are only the first of several truly awful episodes in this film. ![]() The parents ( Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander) have provided little North with what looks like a million-dollar house in a Frank Capra neighborhood, all on dad's salary as a pants inspector. Children do not lightly separate from their parents - and certainly not on the evidence provided here, where the great parental sin is not paying attention to their kid at the dinner table. ![]()
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