Life Is Short is an as-needed series documenting the films we just couldn't make it through. We like to refer to these movies as "Damsels in Distress." Previous entries are here , here, here and here.
This one was a gamble. "At Middleton" is a romantic comedy about two parents who meet-cute while taking their kids on a campus tour of a small private college. It's usually hard to go wrong with Vera Farmiga (and with her sister, Taissa, who plays her daughter); unless, of course, you ask her to do comedy, apparently. I was willing to sit back and gaze into her eyes for an hour and a half, but I just couldn't make it.
Throw in an equally un-comedic Andy Garcia -- here attempting to portray an uptight, bow-tied heart doctor ("heart," get it?) -- and a horrendous script by a couple of newcomers, and you've got truly painful viewing.
Title: AT MIDDLETON
Running Time: 100 MIN
Elapsed Time at Plug Pull: 20 MIN
Portion Watched: 20%
My Age at Time of Viewing: 51 YRS, 5 MOS.
Average Male American Lifespan: 81.2 YRS.
Watched/Did Instead: Watched "Silicon Valley" and "Veep" on HBO.
Odds of Re-viewing This Title: 120-1.
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