Currently on Netflix. The movie got nearly universal positive professional reviews and scored a 79% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
This movie stars Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as investigators of the disappearance of somebody named Amelia (Margaret Qualley).
It is very hard to care about anybody in this film as they all pretty much are terrible people. It is practically a farce parade and I kept waiting for someone to care about and any reason to care. Finally after about 60 minutes, I asked my spouse if he was getting into this at all. After about five more minutes he also was in the same space: enough is enough, turn it off.
That’s the point. You’re not supposed to care about any of them. They’re terrible human beings.
I guess you don’t have a sense of humor because I loved this movie. I laughed.
But even then, I just found them as being very flawed protagonists. It like how a lot of other Noir movies don’t have the most upright people in them.
It is like how Humphrey Bogart’s character in Casablanca isn’t a good person. He is a hero that ends up making good choices, but the movie makes it clear that being good isn’t the typical choice he makes.
I enjoyed this movie but I generally get where OP is coming from. Unlikeable characters can be a put off even if that is the charm of the film.
It’s always sunny and arrested development are two examples that I’ve tried many times and never got into because of the characters. But anyone who likes those shows would be like “that’s the whole point!”
I don’t think it’s a sense of humor issue. It’s more that the characters being annoying is a barrier to enjoyment, funny or not.
I do have a sense of humor, but I do have trouble with liking movies or TV where I have nobody to root for.