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Does anyone think this movie is funny?


This film is categorized as comedy drama. But my wife and I felt terrible while watching it. Is it supposed to be black humour [spoiler]about schizophrenia[/spoiler]?

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Right? As my understanding, a comedy film can have some dramatic elements, but it's still a comedy. Similarly, a drama movie can have some comedy elements, yet we should still call it drama. The comedy-drama genre is only for those movies that have a balance between comedy and drama. I don't think this movie has such balance. [spoiler]The story started with a chaos around the pregnent mother, nothing funny about that. Later, when the nanny showed up, things started to go smoth, but we always get the feeling of something insane was happening or about to happen. And that became obvious when the nanny climbed up onto her husband's bed. That is totally insane. So, if that is not the funny part, then it is even harder for us to find anything funny in the following going wild and then almost die in the car accident part. [/spoiler]But maybe someone has a different sense of humor. That why I posted this question.

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There was nothing funny about this movie. Not 1 scene.

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Her meltdown at the school was kinda funny, and maybe some of the interactions with the brother. I also remember laughing when the daughter asked what's wrong with her body. I'd say overall it had a "comedic tone" but so much of it is depressing that I don't think anyone would ever recommend it to someone else as a comedy.

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I didn't laugh one time.

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To be honest, I did laugh when she tried to run pass that young lady while jogging. I guess most of us had similar experience after we reached certain age.

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