Why, you might ask?
Because, hey, when you're down the Cape with your in-laws, and it's ten on a weeknight, and no one is quite ready for bed but no one wants to really do anything, it's time for a lowest common denominator comedy.
This one was very not good. You already knew that. Zac Efron, I mean, I've never felt strongly about him one way or the other, but holy shit was he bad here. And Robert DeNiro apparently wants to spend his '70s making just the shittiest little mid-tier comedies, which, sure, fine, he's earned that, and also, sure, he slid into Meet the Parents territory like fifteen years ago, but also, holy shit, this is arguably the greatest dramatic screen actor of a generation, and can you even imagine Daniel Day Lewis making something like The Intern in his twilight years?
Aubrey Plaza was far and away the best part of this wreck, but what's that say? No offense to Aubrey Plaza but when Aubrey Plaza is the best part of anything (see also: Legion), that thing is probably not going to be something great.
And hey, holy crap, I just realized Aubrey Plaza and Zac Efron also costarred in Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, which was also a pretty bad 2016 comedy. They bonin'?
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