Post Grad (2009)

Post Grad is an uneven mess. On one hand, it humorously and fairly accurately portrays the frustrations of looking for work after college. On the other hand, it's a bunch of clichéd rom-com elements thrown into a story without really fitting together. This feels like a big Hollywood studio trying to make an indie film. I like Michael Keaton. I like Carol Burnett. I even like Alexis Bledel. But I don't like this movie.

The film has a reasonable premise with a girl graduating from college and looking to enter the job market in the writing field. It soon gets bogged down into other stories, some of which are inane.Michael Keaton plays the free spirited father who gets into trouble for selling items, not knowing that the latter were stolen. We never find out what happened there.Carol Burnett's part is essentially wasted as Keaton's mother, who hides her money all over the place. She tries to display her usual humor, but the writing here holds back her potential to create more in her role.The story comes down to commitment and following your ambitions.

This movie is not Very Good, is just good. I think what it may contain more history and comedy. I like not of the blasphemy in the movie too. The character played by Rodrigo Santoro is totally unnecessary in the story, and should have had more involvement in the film. The "nasty girl" does not hurt enough to the main character, this causes a lack of conflict during the movie, which eventually becomes boring and bland. I give 5 stars because of it, but it can be a good entertainment for those who are not expecting a very good movie, course some people may like a lot, but most will repeat the same words:lack of fun and comedy in the film, much of it missing, although the story be engaging

I so wanted to like this film but I felt like I was watching two different movies, or I should say two different types of comedy. You have Alexis Bledel on one hand, who in my opinion, is better suited to a more sophisticated comedy (I mean, just watch any episode of Gilmore Girls and see how great she is) then you have Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch and Carol Burnett who are far more slapstick in their approach. Michael Keaton's acting and facial expressions tell me he still wishes he were doing Mr. Mom, not in itself a bad film, just wrong for this one. The only thing I liked was the fact that the script did not take the easy way out and she ended up with the right man. I watched this for Alexis, and will someone please write her a sophisticated screwball comedy so she can show what she can do?