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Michael Keaton and Mila Kunis are two actors with whom one can at all times go a very good few hours with. Throw in Andie MacDowell, and that whiff of 4 Weddings and a Funeral magic nonetheless hangs about her, the gray hair solely making it extra valuable.
How do you then put them collectively in a narrative that finally ends up as meandering and uninteresting as this?
One motive is that Goodrich has simply too many issues taking place parallelly. Keaton is Andy Goodrich, the proprietor of a “boutique” gallery – as boutique as they get – who has by no means been round residence a lot, being so dedicated to the artwork he assiduously procures. Now he’s left dealing with two nine-year-old twins as his spouse has checked herself into rehab after getting hooked onto prescription capsules. Andy blames himself for this, telling her sorry over lengthy cellphone calls and frequent letters with none response from her facet.
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Andy might need been an absent dad as we’re instructed, however he in a short time will get the grasp of it for positive, creating a friendship within the course of with their youngsters’s pal’s dad, who’s homosexual and a single father or mother. And who has one awkward scene with Andy that goes on and on.
That’s one half.
The second thread is Andy’s relationship together with his 30-year-old daughter Grace (Kunis) from his first marriage, to Anne (MacDowell). Anne makes one temporary look and spends a pleasant heat afternoon with Andy. However does she additionally steal away the rights to signify an artist which was Andy’s solely likelihood at protecting his gallery operating? The movie doesn’t discover that, so no, no fireworks there.
In the meantime, Grace is round, nearly hanging there for Andy to note her. That’s as a lot by design as, one suspects, unintentional, given how little the movie has Kunis do, aside from being pregnant.
That’s the second half.
There’s a third thread, in regards to the aforesaid, much-courted artist. She lately died and it’s her daughter, the attractive, jazz-crooning, breathing-exercise fanatic, put-your-hands-on-pregnant-women’s-stomach type, going by the title of Lola (Ejogo) whom Andy efficiently woos. So is there a romance within the air? You would like.
This half ends as abruptly as it’s launched.
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Sure, Keaton is fantastic, particularly within the latter scenes. However what’s he purported to be? A failed father, a reluctant grandfather, a struggling businessman, an artwork aficionado? Is the movie purported to have us really feel sorry for him, or to have us see that he’s in a greater place?
Perhaps the title must be a warning. Goodrich is as poor because it will get.
Goodrich film director: Hallie Meyers-Shyer
Goodrich film solid: Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Carmen Ejogo, Andie MacDowell, Kevin Pollak
Goodrich film score: 1.5 stars
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