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7% Tomatometer 69 Reviews 32% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings When a stay-at-home dad finds himself with some "me time" for the first time in years while his wife and kids are away, he reconnects ...
Aug 26, 2022 · A Netflix comedy about a stay-at-home dad who reunites with his old friend and gets into trouble. The film has some funny moments, but also suffers from clunky plot and CGI issues.
Aug 26, 2022 · Me Time: Directed by John Hamburg. With Kevin Hart, Mark Wahlberg, Regina Hall, Che Tafari. When a stay-at-home dad who dedicates all his time to his children is persuaded to take time off for himself, he gets mixed up in the wild shenanigans of his childhood friend who's celebrating his 44th birthday.
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- Comedy
- John Hamburg
- 2022-08-26
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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 25, 2022 · Me Time Rated R for language, drug references, sexual references and brief nudity. Running time: 1 hour 41 minutes. Running time: 1 hour 41 minutes. Watch on Netflix.
Aug 25, 2022 · August 25, 2022 6:00pm. Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg in 'Me Time.'. Courtesy of Saeed Adyani/Netflix. Middle-aged men acting stupidly has sadly become a cinematic staple in an era marked by the ...
