Brother Nature (2016)

Brother Nature: Directed by Oz Rodriguez, Matt Villines. With Taran Killam, Gillian Jacobs, Bobby Moynihan, Sarah Burns. Roger, a straight-laced go-getter hopes to propose to his dream girl during a weekend getaway at her family’s lake house. Little does he know, his eager-to-be best buds potential brother-in law might accidentally wreck his plans.

“Former SNL cast member Taran Killam portrays Roger, a straight-laced and fastidious Chief of Staff to a Seattle Congressman, who suddenly informs Roger heu0026#39;s retiring. The Congressman offers to endorse Roger if he wants to run, and he enthusiastically accepts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFirst though, Roger will take a week off and go with his girlfriend Gwen (Gillian Jacobs) to visit her family at their lakeside cabins, where he intends to propose. I imagine you have already guessed things will not go according to plan.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m sure most of us have seen movies where thereu0026#39;s always one character that is incredibly frenetic and obnoxious with no respect for otheru0026#39;s boundaries, yet the remainder of the family just thinks heu0026#39;s wonderful. Such is the case here with Todd (Bobby Moynihan), possibly Rogeru0026#39;s future brother-in-law, who makes Rogeru0026#39;s time at the cabin a living hell. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe late Chris Farley often played this type of character, but Farley had such an endearing quality about him that it was usually very funny. Unfortunately, the character of Todd here just became highly annoying, even painful to witness for me, as the film progressed. Despite the customary 180u0026#39;s near the end of the movie, the damage had already been done for me, The one bright spot in the film was the understated humor of Kumail Nanjami, who I thought was quite funny as Riggleman, Rogeru0026#39;s top aide.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall, I felt this movie provided a few laughs here and there, but the intended humor just didnu0026#39;t work for me.”