![]() ![]() He isn't in the film much, but every second he was on screen had me laughing. On top of that, I have to admit that the best moments in the film feature Brad Pitt's character Jack Trainer. I never thought I needed to see this duo together, but I'm very happy they worked so well. ![]() This premise is clever enough to work as a film, but it all comes down to who you cast and if they can make the material work. Radcliffe aside (whom I still enjoyed), this film puts all of its weight on Tatum and Bullock to deliver the goods. ![]() Being the privileged twerp that he is makes for a fun villainous storyline, even if it's pretty lame at times. Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe) is the reason Loretta was kidnapped in the first place, as he sees many similarities in her book to that of a real lost city. To put it simply, The Lost City follows Loretta (Sandra Bullock) as she's on a book tour with her cover model Alan (Channing Tatum) to promote the release of "The Lost City of D," but they are swept up in a kidnapping and find themselves on a real adventure in the jungle. It's not great, but it felt like a throwback comedy, just with a modern twist. After seeing it in theatres, I'm happy to say that I had a good time with it. ![]() I was very happy to see that Paramount would be taking a chance and releasing a big comedy in The Lost City this year, but I truly didn't know to what to expect from it. I remember a time when there was possibly a big comedy coming out every one or two months, with at least half of them being good, but in today's climate, humour is just tough to get right. Mainstream comedies that actually make it to theatres are slim to none these days. ![]()
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