Continuity mistake: When Bob finds Scott and Kate at his office with the money and runs at them, he slams into a frame at the end of the hall breaking the glass. It cuts to a different angle and suddenly he's slamming into it again but the single sound effect is still playing. (01:14:41)
The House (2017)
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Directed by: Andrew Jay Cohen
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jeremy Renner, Amy Poehler, Allison Tolman, Nick Kroll, Jason Mantzoukas, Ryan Simpkins
Genres: Comedy
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I rented this movie from RedBox.
I finally got around to watching this film a few weeks back, hearing it was decent and pretty funny at times...
Well that's pretty much what it was. The movie isn't great, but it's not bad either. It's just OK.
The premise of the film is that this family needs to raise money for their daughter to go to college after their city went back on its word about a scholarship for her after she had won it. So in order to do so, they team up with a friend and create an illegal underground casino in his house.
Shenanigans ensue.
The comedy in this film isn't awful, but it does hit a lot of familiar beats and becomes pretty predictable at times. Though at other times there are jokes and situations I didn't see coming and I found pretty funny. It's all subjective of course. Some will find this funnier than I do, others may hate this movie.
I just thought it was... meh... OK. I'm glad I saw it, but I wouldn't have gone out of my way to see it nor again. It's just an OK comedy.
Mistake Status: I caught one during the watch, but wasn't really looking for any. I doubt I'll return to a mediocre movie like this.
More mistakes in The House
Frank: Are you guys familiar with the cliché, 'It's a cliché because it's true'? Well, that cliché about clichés being true has never more true than right now with the cliché, 'The house always wins.'
Scott Johansen: What? (00:17:17)
Question: Is there any indication how much of this film was unscripted or how much Amy and Will improvised their lines. I can't tell if it's just the acting style the actors chose, or if it was the way the director wanted it, but a lot (especially the opening scenes) comes across as bad improv. Or am I the only one that gets that vibe?
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Answer: A lot of the time with modern comedies, they'll usually do a scene as written, then do a number of improv takes where the actors and director come up with jokes on the fly. Then in editing, they'll pick the (presumably) best bits from both the scripted and improv takes to put into the finished film. And Will Ferrell confirmed that there was indeed a lot of improvising on-set of "The House." Unfortunately, without a copy of the shooting script, it's basically impossible to tell exactly how much of the finished film is made up of the unscripted improv. But it's fair to say that at least a decent chunk of the movie was made up of improv comedy. So chances are it's not just you.
TedStixon