Armstrong portrays a musician turned husband & father who's lost in life as he's about to turn 40, which leads him to make some midlife crisis inspired choices that don't bode well for him.
Armstrong's performance goes back and forth between horribly forced to some touching moments that feel genuinely organic. However it's Kirk's writing and directing that let the whole film sink. He's not sure if he's got a crazy out-of-control party movie, a coming-of-age story or a warm 'n fuzzy family film on his hands and only proves Judd Apatow actually knows what he's doing when he seamlessly mixes all those elements together. It's a mess of a film that barely holds together with it's generally likable cast of characters and predictable but warm good-heartedness.
2½ dogs in the hallways out of 5
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