And the reviews start rolling in.....

[coolcreek]

The Media Guardian (which is the fascinating media section of (duh) The Guardian) has a reviewer who is, shall we say, not enamored with "Fear, Stress & Anger."

And I quote: "A middle-aged, suburban bloke, played by Peter Davison, loses his advertising job (hasn't he done this role before?) and has to get used to life at home. There's a moody wife (

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Hmmm....

[rhube]

Having seen it now, I can say that on the one hand, I can see what the reviewers are on about, but on the other, they could give it credit where it's due. There are one or two interesting thoughts nestled in the mediocrity of the plot. What I don't really understand is the number of really good people could be in something that's... kinda okay.

Hopefully they'll turn it around when it gets going?

Re: Hmmm....

[coolcreek]

I know what you're talking about....more than once I've watched a dog of a film, one that cost millions and millions, one with a great cast, and one that you know had folks watching rushes every day...and yet they never figured out it was crap. Or at least "could have been so much better."

which is another way of saying the finished product just isn't the sum of it's parts.