After The Reality – das echte Leben (2016)

After The Reality – das echte Leben: Directed by David Anderson. With Matthew Morrison, Sarah Chalke, Jon Dore, Laura Bell Bundy. A contestant (Matthew Morrison) on a Bachelorette style reality show is thrown into turmoil when the death of his father forces him to quit the series prematurely and reconnect with his estranged sister (Sarah Chalke) at the family cabin.

“The trailer cherry picks u0026quot;deliciously pitch-perfectu0026quot; when that quote applies only to the reenactments of YOUNG BUCKS, the Bachelorette-style reality TV show. Frankly, they were pushing the age of the male suitors. Top billed Matthew Morrison is 38 and his face looks every bit of it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLess successful is the family drama that isnu0026#39;t very interesting and reeks of u0026quot;prodigal sonu0026quot; shtick. Morrison isnu0026#39;t very spontaneous and doesnu0026#39;t really create and inhabit characters. He brings his set repertoire to the role and takes on the characteru0026#39;s name. Thatu0026#39;s it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe script suffers from absence of subtlety. EVERYTHING the characters are thinking comes out of their mouths. The expository dialogue reveals that the writer/director doesnu0026#39;t trust the audience to perceive anything. Thus we end up with emotions by braille.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis would do better on Lifetime TV than the big screen.”