After a late start and a trip to ASDA down the bay I was left with a limited selection of movies to choose from. It was either Dumb and Dumber to, Paddington or this... This was the lesser of three evils..
I grabbed a bottle of water from Tesco's and a coffee from the kiosk and headed in..
In case you didn't know this carries on from the previous two and we find Larry (Ben Stiller) and the gang heading off to London to find a 'cure' for the sickening magic tablet which has started to develop rust..
I have a fondness for the first 'Night at..' movie.. The second less so.. This one continues with the law of diminishing returns a'la 'The Mummy trilogy', 'The Matrix trilogy' and let's not forget the travesty that is 'Transformers' and all its abominations..
I should have guessed what the tone of movie was going to be by the trailers... amongst which was 'Sponge Bob', 'Shawn The Sheep' and 'Pepper Pig'.... That's right, 'Pepper Pig'... Since when did this become preschool fare? In order to capitalise on its appeal to the younger audience the comedy seemed more slapstick.. The performances more childish (embarrassingly sentimental at times).. It had its moments.. I can't quite put my finger on why I disliked it.. After all they've dumbed down The Expendables franchise from an 18 to a 12a to cache in on the teen audience..
It's a shame really because this is both Robin Williams and Micky Rooney' last movies. They along with Dan Stevens and Rebel Wilson added some gravitas, but in the end were reduced to purely comedic characters ...
Overall a disappointing **1/2 stars..
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