Even a cast of talented actors can’t float this excruciatingly unfunny script. Bryan Cranston and Megan Mullally play parents of a college student who’s boyfriend is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Enter James Franco, who usually could add his brand of wacky sweetness to any character for instant comedy. Unfortunately, even his energetic efforts can’t squeeze one laff out of this dreary mess. The de riguer inappropriate situations are never outrageous and the moments of tender emotional interaction drag down the energy, which is all the film has going for it (plus Franco’s tatted/buffed body).

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