We are called to
love unlikable and unlovely people.
Not exact matches
Bay's war film uses Pearl Harbor as a catalyst for a self - indulgent
love triangle involving self - indulgent,
unlikable characters.
The film does not hold back even in making its main subject
unlikable at times, showing the toll this kind of traumatic injury can take on not just the victim but the people who
love him.
I know it's full of mostly
unlikable people (except that I totally
love Dwayne Johnson so damn much in this) but there's something incredibly entertaining about Bay taking a break from robots to give us a glossy, laugh - out - loud funny, muscle men, Miami - set crime caper.
The simple fact is writer / directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa don't give us much in the way of a point of sympathy with Russell, except his ability to cheat generically
unlikable systems (prisons and the opulence of the world of corporate executives) and say he's entirely motivated by a need to
love and be
loved in return.
As the other
love interest, Baker gets to play Guy as a smooth, charming guy, not the smarmy, totally
unlikable womanizer he's used to playing or could have been written as.