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Aug 26, 2022 · Reviews. Me Time. Tomris Laffly August 26, 2022. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. You have to hand it to Kevin Hart for his prolificacy at the very least, keeping the middle-brow, upper-middle-budget studio comedy going on his own terms.
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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Aug 27, 2022 12:39 am
Posted: Aug 26, 2022 2:00 pm
Me Time premieres Friday, Aug. 26 on Netflix.
Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg star in Netflix's new buddy adventure Me Time, the latest in a long line of "stick-in-the-mud" vs. "way too much" friendship comedies wherein dudes learn to find a comfortable middle ground and not be the absolute worst. Hart and Wahlberg fill the story with high energy and fun performances but the best aspects of the film came from previous movies, including director John Hamburg's own I Love You, Man from 2009.
In the case of Me Time, the reason Hart's Sonny is friendless, or at least hasn't really connected with his childhood friend Huck Dembo (Wahlberg, with a superb doltish movie name) in over a decade, is because he's rigidly dedicated himself to being a househusband and helicopter father after starting his own family. It's a different type of self-dug hole in that regard as the film, clumsily for the most part, addressees the issue of giving away too much of yourself for fear that you have no value outside of acts of service. It's a noble theme, though Me Time is mostly about the tropes that come with this genre of comedy.
The more cut-and-paste elements of Me Time include obligatory animal hi-jinx (which cause injury to both people and the animals), a required music superstar cameo (including a performance), computer-generated shenanigans, an alarming maiming that's more gruesome than funny, an older character who's uncomfortably horny, misunderstandings that lead to vandalism, and several other clutch cliches that only serve to deaden the film a little. What works best are some of the actual lines and exchanges that capitalize on Hart and Wahlberg's fast-talking chemistry.
Me Time isn't without laughs, it's just kind of an inorganic pile-on. Regina Hall plays Sonny's successful architect wife, Maya, who's nicely treated like a full third here given that Maya also has a work/life balance in need of tweaking. The most underdeveloped of the three, actually, is Wahlberg's Huck, whose man-child catharsis at the end happens too speedily as the movie tidily figures out that everyone can have everything they want in terms of family and career.
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After being teased at work (which is over-volunteering at his kids' school) and embarrassed in front of Maya's top client, Armando (Luis Gerardo Méndez, who Sonny is convinced is trying to woo his wife), Sonny is talked into spending Spring Break by himself while Maya attempts to fill his shoes with their children on vacation. It isn't long before Sonny decides to have a reunion with Huck for his former best bud's birthday bash in the desert.
Me Time has bursts of energy and vibrancy, mostly involving its two leads and their snappy chemistry, but it's also a hodgepodge of predictable buddy comedy beats that doesn't do much to separate itself from what's come before. Still, it does its job on the outlandish antics front, touches on some sentiment, and wraps up the story with a bow, makin...
Aug 27, 2022 · A solid comedy with surprising amounts of warmth, a handful of likeable performances and a few laughs, Me Time won me over and is better than it looks on paper. We review the 2022 Netflix film Me Time, which does not contain spoilers or any significant plot points.
Me Time is a perfectly watchable buddy comedy that’s aware of what it is. John Hamburg lets Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg shoulder the entire weight of the movie, and that’s exactly what they do.
Aug 28, 2022 · In his latest, Kevin Hart acquires a sense of spontaneity while Mark Wahlberg learns to take responsibility for his actions. Though Hamburg’s story doesn’t hold a candle to his past work, viewers can rely on Hart and Wahlberg to make the most of the script through great comedic timing.
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Aug 25, 2022 · 'Me Time' stars Kevin Hart, Mark Wahlberg and Regina Hall in a Netflix buddy comedy from John Hamburg.
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