The script's very funny but with the exception of the charismatic Simon Phillips (as a nerdy vampire hunter),
none of the actors seem to realise they're in a comedy.
None of the actors seems to try making his character likable: Gordon - Levitt mopes around, feeling sorry for himself; Rogen shamelessly overacts the effects of the various drugs he has ingested and Mackie simply struts around and emits an arrogant and conceited vibe.
None of the actors seemed to return to voice their characters, leading to a litany of poor imitators assuming their roles.
Not exact matches
But
none of the headaches and compromises
of that picture's embattled production history were enough to quell the warmth and pluck
of Yelchin's performance as Cage's loyal protégé, Milton, in which the
actor did something with the lower register
of his voice that I'd never heard before: Raspy and loquacious, he suddenly
seemed a very old man in a very young body, an agency functionary imbued with a surfeit
of soul.
All
of the young
actors in the film are very good, and
none seem awkward or uncomfortable in front
of the camera.
What's worse is it sounds like several
of the
actors had to perform numerous roles (which is more common than you might think), but
none of them even tried to do a different voice, resulting in long conversations where it almost
seems like characters are talking to themselves.