SummarySince college, confirmed bachelor Ronny and happily married Nick ,have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny's girlfriend, Beth, and Nick's wife, Geneva, by their sides, they're unbeatable. But Ronny's world is turned up...
SummarySince college, confirmed bachelor Ronny and happily married Nick ,have been through thick and thin. Now partners in an auto design firm, the two pals are vying to land a dream project that would launch their company. With Ronny's girlfriend, Beth, and Nick's wife, Geneva, by their sides, they're unbeatable. But Ronny's world is turned up...
I believe that there was too much criticism towards a very good comedy,certainly better than other comedies sold as great(take The holiday for **** dilemma features a great cast,an interesting story and a really good **** could this comedy have gained so much haters is beyond my comprehension.Ronny(Vince Vaughn)and Nick(Kevin James)are best friends working on a ambitious project as auto designers that would launch their **** Ronny discovers Geneva(Winona Ryder),wife of Nick,cheating on him with another **** he has to find how to tell his best friend about the unexpected truth. Ron Howard is not new to comedy territory(Splash for example)and in my opinion he manages to entertain the **** movie boasts really hilarious moments and good reflections on friendship and marriage with a light tone that is natural for comedy.Even if there are few predictable aspects I enjoyed the movie for what it is.I think that critics and audience missed the point because I've seen not so much good comedies about that. Vince Vaughn is the heart and the soul of the movie.I found him really good and I believe that he is an underrated actor.They should give him more opportunities to show his abilities. Kevin James is adequate to his role that is not too demanding. Jennifer Connelly has a pointless role as the Ronnie's ****'t get me wrong.I think she is a really amazing actress and she plays well **** her role is a bit useless except her mission to make Ronnie a more honest man about what's happening . Winona Ryder has the juiciest and the more complex role as the cheating **** was exceptional and **** proved why she deserves to be still today a leading actress and not to be pushed only in supporting roles and little parts. She embodies not a stereotyped character but a selfish,occasionally nasty but with a soul within the surface woman.I hope this will be a comeback for her. So good story, good direction, good script and a perfect **** vote is 7/10
What happened to this film is that people saw Vince Vaughn and Kevin James and made an assumption that it was going to be typical of the work they've done previously which is routine small screen sitcom. This is the first time I've watched Vince Vaughn and actually appreciated his talent. He was truly suited for this role and Kevin James matched him. Ryder and Connelly were truly regulated to back seats in this piece but they rode quite well. This isn't or wasn't intended to be some slap stick roll on the floor grab your sides slap stick crap. Ron Howard had a story and a dilemna he wanted to explore and he did it well. It not a great film but it's not a bad either and it's perfect for a cold winter night when you just want to sit back and watch something entertaining while you relax.
Ms. Ryder, playing the least sympathetic character with unflinching dignity and candor, is in many ways the reason The Dilemma works as well as it does.
Not a particularly funny movie. Indeed, the true dilemma of this misguided seriocomedy lies in the filmmakers' confusion as to whether they're making a side-splitting bromance (nope) or an unsparing, warts-and-all look at screwed-up relationships (sort of).
This tonal mishmash cripples The Dilemma almost immediately, though there are many other speed bumps, including Vaughn's irritating, fast-talking prattle.
"Vince Vaughn and Kevin James are great together and Dilemma proves to be a funny and corky , but at times feels more like a drama as opposed to a comedy. Some Laughs fall flat , and the screenplay is awful but still lived up to my expectations" .. B
this movie is not what it seems to be. this is not a brat pack summer hit, slapstick comedy or a second rate romcom. yet the problem, or the dilemma I should say (ouch! sorry!) is that it looks and feels too much like the things that it is not!
This movie didn't impress me, it didn't really seem to 'go anywhere'. Under an hour into the movie and I was waning. The plot didn't seem particularly strong, I was left wondering when the main story would actually develop to be honest - Vinces character (Ronny) comes across as rather arrogant and thus not very nice, while James' character (Nick) is a little obnoxious, so neither particularly interested me. I don't know what it is that seems to make me want to watch most if not all movies Kevin James is in - they practically all seem to end up being a disappointment to me, yet I really liked him in the sitcom TV show King of Queens. This movie seemed to lack direction and came across as rather bland and disinteresting, with probably only the one character that particularly stood out, that being Susan Warner, played by fiesty actress/rapper Queen Latifah, who works for Dodge and see's big potential for Ronny and Nick working for the company. She is quite amusing with some saucy dialogue whereby she demonstrates her faith in them in a rather over the top fashion, as we'd expect from that actress.
The boys' partners seem rather petty and generally I didn't feel it grabbed me at all. I didn't feel that there was much there to really grab my attention and make me want to concentrate on what was going on as the plot felt so weak, so im not sure what else I can say to be honest. I was a little surprised that this film only has a 12 rating, given some of the saucier dialogue as well as the odd semi-nude scene, although there's nothing extremely graphic.
Maybe im being unfair and I think in the past had I seen this movie I'd be put off reviewing it as there isn't much that springs to mind to comment on it but then again reviews should say what you think and its a bit biased or whatever the right term would be(?) to only post reviews on movie you think are decent to great. I suppose its true that im easily distracted and I probably didn't concentrate on the dialogue etc. as I perhaps should have and instead ended up checking my phone for messages and doing other things but then I've managed to become engrossed in other movies and wanted to concentrate on them and enjoy them but it wasn't the case with this film.
Apart from Kevin James and Vince Vaughn who provide most of the appeal for the movie probably and kudos to them in that the performances given are decent enough, its more the script to blame but i can't say that I thought the acting was entirely wooden as such...anyway, other stars present in this film include Winona Ryder and Jennifer Connelly who play the boys wives and Channing Tatum, so the cast offers some potential. There are two scenes or parts of the movie that are semi-memorable but only for being a bit daft to be honest, its certainly not a belly laugh type comedy (noting that this is supposed to be a comedy, most of the comedy is probably hidden in the dialogue but I was rather bored so didn't pick up on some/most of, I'd imagine).
Funnily enough, no I wouldn't recommend this - I found it too dull for my liking, not very engrossing at all.
This movie is nonsense because the story( or lack there of) is unfathomable. Vaughn plays an obsessive wacko meddling in other people's business. That character could have been funny if it was supposed to be, but he was serious for the majority of this abysmal film. The cast kept it together for the most part, but everybody was mainly just awkward.