Totally far-fetched and rather delirious comedy about an American mother and daughter who get kidnapped in Ecuador
and end up committing mayhem with a terrorist group in Colombia. Full of improbabilities a la Romancing the Stone as it purports to criss cross Colombia.
It was filmed entirely in Hawaii. So, completely inauthentic and a typically small lensed North American view.
What saves it from oblivion is the lead of Amy Shumer, an effective slapstick comedian, Goldie Hawn, much less effective but still full of presence and the unrecognisable Joan Cusack who plays a wacky tongueless go-getter.
★★
and the other is the school nerd with a carrot top hairstyle. They share something in common in that they are both gay as is the English literature teacher. The film is basically a humorous tale of how they navigate life in a traditional Irish catholic boys school obsessed with rugby.
No great revelations here but the director gives the film a light touch and moves along smoothly without getting too bogged down in the obvious generalisations. Fionn O’Shea is a fresh face as Ned the lead boy,
Nicholas Galitzine is reasonable as Connor, the jock 
and Andrew Scott does a nice job at pulling faces as Dan, the teacher. Relaxing and fun.
The oldest, Sachi works at a hospital, the second in a bank and the third in a shoe store.
One day, they learn that their father has died and that he had another daughter who has been orphaned so they invite her to live with them. Suzu (Suzu Hirose) is a lovely capable teenager
, wise beyond her years so she fits right in. From then on, the plot is very much made up of small incidents from their daily lives told we with a warmth and compassion not so often seen these days.
In a sense it is a sort of slice of life interwoven with moral tales. Haruka Ayase is luminous as Sachin
and well supported by Masami Nagasawa and the rest of the cast.
Not perhaps a film that will appeal to everyone but one which restores one’s faith in humanity!
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