Cheesy,
predictable, and an anticlimax to what seemed like a good idea at the start.
The Wrong Missy
starts off crazy interesting; I was actually captivated and curious to see what
would happen next. But when those things happened, the movie went from crazy
interesting to bizarre boredom. There were times I felt like I was being
tortured. Adam Sandler’s contract with Netflix to make movies for them has only
delivered one good movie that I’ve seen, Murder Mystery (2019), and everything
else (including this movie) has been nonsense.
It felt like the
writers and producers ran out of steam. The movie felt like something that
should’ve just been thirty minutes long. Having to sit through ninety minutes
of crazy gets old quickly. Then the script went all over the place. The wrong
Missy was not just crazy and out there; she was also unreasonable and stupid,
which the movie passed off as her trying to help Tim bond with her boss.
The movie starts
with a blind date. Tim (David Spade) meets Melissa/Missy (Lauren Lapkus) on a
blind date, and Missy plays a nasty joke on him. The date doesn’t get any
better because Missy is all over the place. She’s loud, forward, and way too
clingy. She doesn’t understand the need for personal space, and TMI is lost on
her.
After the first
date, Tim decides not to see her again. On his way to the airport, he bumps
into another lady named Melissa. She’s gorgeous, a model, and everything that’s
missing in his life. They exchange numbers, and Tim starts messaging her. You
can guess what happens next: he’s messaging the wrong Melissa. When he invites
her on a trip to an office retreat, he finds out he’s been talking to the wrong
Melissa. Now he has to spend the whole trip with the wrong Melissa, and she is
definitely not office material.
The movie’s
final quarter was so disappointing. It felt like the writers weren’t trying
anymore. They just took everything from every romantic movie and stuffed it in.
They didn’t leave any stolen ideas unused; they made sure they used them all,
which made the final quarter feel like you were missing a huge chunk of the
movie. And that’s because some things didn’t add up, and the director didn’t
care.
This Covid-19
lockdown has made us vulnerable to watch anything, but I’d advise anyone to
watch a rerun of their favorite show or movie instead of seeing this.
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