With a cast that includes Bill Murray, Jennifer Coolidge and Pete Davidson you’d expect comedy gold. But this turns out to be more gloomy than funny. Ed Harris heads a relatively well-adjusted family that’s disrupted when a second son shows up with bad guys in pursuit. That rather oblique summary is better left unexplained, so the story has some surprises. Although this film isn’t really about plot, but character. Coolidge is less ditzy than usual, but still playing a mess. It’s Murray who provides the most laughs with his delightfully dark turn. The rest of the cast is fine. The script takes time to get up to speed and when it does, the finale doesn’t really deliver anything unexpected. There are some amusing moments, esp. the big final showdown, but this is basically a family crime drama with less comedy than expected. 
(2.5 / 5)
