It is a little difficult to see past the slightly twee quality of the trailer for The Big Year, which sees Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson joining together to spend a year doing what they always dreamed of doing. That’s not to say that is necessarily a bad thing, as with comic movie adaptations, not everything has to go darker and grittier. Comedies can be light-hearted and life-affirming, they don’t have to be edgy and daring. Just funny.
Will it be funny? Well, there seem to be a few chuckles to be had here, but the obvious suspicion that the best material is on show in the trailer raises a few concerns about the quality of the rest of the film. Certainly the intro from the stars brings a smile to the face. Let’s be gracious and give it the benefit of the doubt. Enjoy the trailer and new poster below. The film hits us in the face on 11th November 2011 (14th October in the good old USofA).
Thank you to Apple and YouTube.
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