Les chemins de la culpabilité

Le scénario enchaîne laborieusement les gags et quiproquos, sans jamais approfondir les enjeux, et la mise en scène d'Anne Fletcher manque de fantaisie.

Même s'il ne s'agit pas d'un grand film, Barbra Streisand et Seth Rogen arrivent à tirer leur épingle du jeu.

Pourquoi éteindre le feu de ces deux acteurs d'exception en les transformant en un duo mère-fils ordinaire, qui distille sa banalité dans deux heures de road trip où triomphe l'anecdotique?

While this flaccid comedy has plenty of frustrating aspects, from its illogical plot to its misfiring leads and lazy punch lines, the waste of these performers is definitely the most offending.

There's simply no excuse for The Guilt Trip being as bad as it is. It should have been an easy-win.

Worse, even the most easy-to-please audiences will struggle to find more than a half-dozen laughs here, so bereft is the film of fresh comic ideas.

The Guilt Trip is airy fare, and a line of good actors are wasted in head-scratching bit parts that give them nothing of interest to do, but by the conclusion it has also earned a little pathos to go along with its humor and predictable narrative path.