Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Dan (Robin Williams) and his best friend and business partner Charlie (John Travolta) are on the verge of a big sports marketing deal when their lives are turned upside down by a surprise visit from a former one night stand of Dan's. Their brief liaison seven years earlier produced twins and his ex-fling (Kelly Preston) needs him to watch the kids for a couple of weeks while she spends some time in the pokey.

I've reviewed over 1,200 films the past six years this is one of the worst—really, it's that bad. How could both Travolta and Williams get caught up in such a train wreck is beyond my comprehension. Most of the jokes are sophomoric but I guess if you've downed a bottle of wine they may lead to a few laughs.

Video Highlights

• AVC/1080p encode on BD-50 disc
• Richly saturated colors
• Excellent fine detail
• Flesh tones are very revealing but are skewed towards orange
• Solid black level
• Print is a little too clean and looks more like video versus film

Audio Highlights

• DTS-HD MA 5.1 soundtrack
• Front-heavy track
• Surround speakers offer minimal ambience and rarely engage during the few action scenes
• Above-average score

Bonus Materials

• Commentary with director Walt Becker, producer Andrew Panay, and writers David Diamond and David Weissman
• Bloopers & deleted scenes (HD)
• "Young Dogs Learn Old Tricks" featurette (HD)
• Two music videos (HD)
• BD-Live enabled
• Includes DVD and digital copy of film

Every once in a while I have to watch a stinker in order to save 90 minutes of our readers lives. The presentation is solid but there's no way in good conscience that I could recommend this film—not even if you're drunk. Skip it.

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Release Date: February 9, 2010
Studio: Disney

Movie: 2/10
Picture: 8/10
Sound: 7/10

Review System

Source
Oppo BDP-83 Blu-ray player

Display
JVC DLA-RS1 projector
Stewart FireHawk screen (76.5" wide, 16:9)

Electronics
Onkyo Pro PR-SC885 pre/pro
Anthem PVA-7 power amplifier
Panamax M5400PM power conditioner

Speakers
M&K S-150s (L, C, R)
M&K SS-150s (LS, RS, SBL, SBR)
SVS PC-Ultra subwoofer

Cables
Monoprice HDMI cables (source to pre/pro)
Best Deal analog-audio cables
PureLink HDC Fiber Optic HDMI Cable System (15 meters) from pre/pro to projector

Acoustical treatments from GIK Acoustics