Falling Up (2010)

If a cast cannot pull off any jokes, maybe the comedy should be removed from the whole script. This is a story of a boy who's quit going to nursing school to take a doorman's job at a ritzy apartment to provide for his mother, after his father's death.  At one point, a young boy hires hookers while he's parents are away and this scene should have a few laughs. Not here. Perhaps flamboyant gay stereo types having a couples spat will deliver some laughs... no, not since the 80s, has that been considered funny.

                This script is so bad, I spent most of the film wondering why decent actors like Mimi Rogers, Joe Pantoliano and even Snoop Dog would agree to filming this.

                And what kind of audience was this written for? It strives to be so innocent and charming, but has no problem slipping in a cocaine scene, an f-bomb, and even a porn shop surprise. There is an important message in this film about not defining yourself by what you do or with simple labels, yet the film makes terrible jokes with flamboyant gays, prostitutes, and a bitter East Indian cab driver.

                One thing that this movie did teach me, is that working in a porn shop is fine, but being a hooker is the bottom. Got it.

Avoid it