Odd-couple mix of comedy and drama in which Kevin Hart is
a recent parolee for various crimes who desperately needs employment to avoid
returning to prison and Bryan Cranston is an uber-wealthy quadriplegic who
requires a caregiver. Director Neil Burger and screenwriter Jon Hartmere have
remade a popular 2011 French film “Les Intouchables,” itself taken from
Philippe Pozzo di Borgo’s 2001 book, Le Second
Souffle (The Second Wind), based on a real-life relationship. But there’s
more than a whiff of the “white savior” formula to the stereotyped proceedings,
which also trade in such dubious humor as that surrounding the changing of a
catheter.
Watch out for: Benignly
viewed marijuana use, sexual humor and references, fleeting rough and crude
language.
Rated: A-III, adults; MPAA:
PG-13
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