Having kids serve as precocious, surprisingly adult voices of reason. This is one reason why "(500) Days of Summer" didn't completely connect with me: Its creative, edgy slant was partially fueled by this repetitive, lame-ass screenwriter gimmick. (And the fact that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel dressed like they were in a 1940s musical. Doesn't love young ever have a dress down day?)
You know what other film used this gimmick. The 2001 Joey Fatone/Lance Bass atrocity "On the Line." And "The Man with Two Brains," which is nearly 30 years old. And a collection of lame sitcoms. It's a dead horse. Stop it, please.
By the way, I talked to my brother about "Summer" yesterday. He and his girlfriend were so annoyed with it that they gave up after about 40 minutes. Yet they sat through "Paul Blart: Mall Cop."
Ouch.
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