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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Nice Guy Johnny


I picked this film after being impressed by director Edward Burns' "Newlyweds," which I found to be well-acted, involving, and true to life. Wow. What a mistake. Not only does "Nice Guy Johnny" suffer from a complete lack of likable characters, it rings totally false, and fails to come up with a valid point for its entire duration.

   The movie is all about a guy named Johnny learning to stand up for himself and following his dreams. The problem is that Johnny is so bland and boring (and uninterestingly played by Matt Bush) that it's hard to care what a 'nice guy' he is.

   Johnny is faithful to his bitchy fiance Claire (also poorly played by Anna Wood), despite unsavory encouragement by his lecherous uncle (writer/director Edward Burns), but finds himself attracted to a dull 'free-spirited beauty' (Kerry Bische.)