This was OK, I guess. It was better than I expected. That said, my rating is still rounded up to 6, not down.
On the plus side, I only caught one continuity error: The Amazing Reappearing License Plate. (Stretch removes the limo's rear license plate in one scene, but it is back in a later shot of the vehicle being towed. A short shot, but not so short you'll miss it by blinking.)
What impresses me most about Stretch is the filming budget. With $5 million, Joe Carnahan pulled off a half-decent thriller with respectable production values. Nothing about the movie felt especially low budget—and while I realize that $5M is not pocket change, it's not uncommon for this kind of film to cost many times that amount. The quality of the visual and practical effects was pretty damn good for such a relatively low-budget movie with several big-name actors in main and cameo roles.
I was less impressed by the humor, but reading the IMDB trivia gave me the most probable reason: The film's original writer (Jerry Corley) used to write for The Tonight Show, which I never found particularly funny. Just not my brand of humor. That's not to say I never laughed during Stretch; just that a lot of the jokes did fall flat for me. The ones that landed were good enough.
Ed Helms' character ("Karl with a K") was my favorite, and he didn't get nearly enough screen time. Fortunately I watched Tag (2018) not too long ago, which featured Helms in the primary lead role, and was pretty good. The bloopers run during the credits for Stretch gave me a bit more of him, too. (They could have almost sent out the blooper reel instead of the film; it was that good.)
Review by dgwVIP 9BlockedParent2018-11-22T22:22:06Z
This was OK, I guess. It was better than I expected. That said, my rating is still rounded up to 6, not down.
On the plus side, I only caught one continuity error: The Amazing Reappearing License Plate. (Stretch removes the limo's rear license plate in one scene, but it is back in a later shot of the vehicle being towed. A short shot, but not so short you'll miss it by blinking.)
What impresses me most about Stretch is the filming budget. With $5 million, Joe Carnahan pulled off a half-decent thriller with respectable production values. Nothing about the movie felt especially low budget—and while I realize that $5M is not pocket change, it's not uncommon for this kind of film to cost many times that amount. The quality of the visual and practical effects was pretty damn good for such a relatively low-budget movie with several big-name actors in main and cameo roles.
I was less impressed by the humor, but reading the IMDB trivia gave me the most probable reason: The film's original writer (Jerry Corley) used to write for The Tonight Show, which I never found particularly funny. Just not my brand of humor. That's not to say I never laughed during Stretch; just that a lot of the jokes did fall flat for me. The ones that landed were good enough.
Ed Helms' character ("Karl with a K") was my favorite, and he didn't get nearly enough screen time. Fortunately I watched Tag (2018) not too long ago, which featured Helms in the primary lead role, and was pretty good. The bloopers run during the credits for Stretch gave me a bit more of him, too. (They could have almost sent out the blooper reel instead of the film; it was that good.)