Vonia This is such an underrated film. First and foremost, Will Ferrell. I barely recognized the man! Such an impressive performance of a struggling alcoholic in the throes of the addiction. It was subtle in such a way that really made viewers see how difficult it can be, but not making it completely depressing. Supporting performances by Laura Dern, Rebecca Hall, Michael Peña, & young Christopher Wallace were likewise stellar. Several heartfelt moments that were surprisingly moving. I admit to feeling tears a couple times. I love watching things that turn out far better than expected! And I have a newfound respect for Will Ferrell.

Carrie Knight Not a fan of Will Ferrell as a comedian but agree he did a good job. It suits his personality much better than when he tries to do comedy. There is no such thing as "dark comedy" that is a recent phenomena to excuse offensive entertainment. This should have been labeled drama only. Comedy means it's funny and many so called comedies are not funny unless you like laughing at others pain and misery and I don't. I don't "get" much of what is considered entertainment by the mainstream who just keeps turning out more krap that is beyond believable like a guy would just put up with his wife putting all his stuff out on the lawn like that and the city wouldn't make them clean it up within 24 hours. More depressing than entertaining to me.

alexanderstephencraig I watched the trailer for this years ago and put it on a list to watch eventually. It popped up on Netflix and I gave it a go. The film was worth watching; it is a lot like the trailer which is a bit of a bummer because usually I like them to go more in-depth than what's offered by a two minute trailer. The film really was about an alcoholic battling his inner demon of alcoholism while his life falls apart. So really it's if he can overcome his addiction while at the lowest point in his life. I thought the acting was great across the board. Will Ferrell's character as you can imagine, constantly drinks. He drank so much in the film to where I could almost taste the beer making me sick, but that's on a positive note because I would imagine, that was the point of the excessiveness of the lead character drinking constantly. The film holds a lot of life lessons for multiple characters and has a lot of heart. To get to the end of the film it feels like a very dark road but that's clearly intentional. I wont say the end or give any context because people should really watch the film not read it. It's worth watching at least once.

srdjan_veljkovic Comedies with a serious theme are rare and even more rarely good. This one is a "good enough" comedy about alcoholism. It's not taking any risks, other than Will Ferrell not playing another "big guy making strange faces", but a somewhat real person. That's why its emotional impact, for which I think it was driving for, doesn't go deep. You do feel some level of sympathy for the main character (and some supporting ones), but not much.The humor is OK, not too many gags, but not very funny either.The story does seem to take too long to come to that particular end, which could have been an interesting experiment had the whole "guy living at his front lawn" been taken a level higher, but, like we noticed before, the movie is not taking real risks.All things considered, it's worth checking out.