Official
Australian release date: 29/6/17. Viewed: 29/6/17.
Director:
Andrew Cohen
Actors:
Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Jason Mantzoukas, Ryan Simpkins
Genre: Comedy
Rating:
MA
From the director who wrote ‘Bad Neighbours’
(which actually wasn’t bad) comes ‘The House’, a film based on a similarly
flimsy premise that seems more suited to a 20min sketch, rather than a full
90min film. This time, two parents – Scott (Ferrell) & Kate (Poehler) – can’t
afford to send their daughter, Alex (Simpkins) to college, so they decide –
with some help from best friend Frank (Mantzoukas) – to start an underground
casino.
While there’s definitely a few chuckles
throughout, it’s all very predictable and quite blasé, with both Ferell and
Poehler being OK, but seeming to just skate through most scenes without
appearing to try. There’s no real character development, and no investment
(pun!) in anything at all. At least it gets an MA rating here, although it’s
for one semi-shocking/out-of-the-blue scene, not all the language.
Like a lot of recent comedies, it’s
really the support cast that makes this above-pedestrian – it’s especially
great to see Mantzoukas & his manic energy on the big screen, after his
great efforts on ‘The League’ & ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’. Other ‘The League’
alumni include Rob Huebel as the cop & Nick Kroll as the councilor, both
with some great moments.Not much else to say really – it’s not a horrible film,
but it’s nothing distinct or especially funny.
Overall: Just passable simplistic
comedy.
Gav's Rating: 2.5 stars.
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