Just Add Water

R

Released Mar 18, 2008

1 hr. 35 min.

Romance

Comedy

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Ray (Dylan Walsh) sheds his dead-end life, rekindles a romance, then rids his town of a drug dealer.

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Not as bad as most of the reviews.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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No offense... I didn't even consider this a comedy... just some food for thought.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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A steady story of a dysfunctional desert town which is well shot and has a nice simmering comedy style to it whilst retaining a larger social narrative. It's perhaps a too idyllic conclusion in the end and feels forced.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Are you kidding?! What a great movie that has fallen by the roadside. Hugely satirical characters with deadpan narrative, it tells the story of a guy with a dystopic blur of the American dream which begins to collapse. Danny Devito plays an inspirational magnate and suddenly the wheels are in motion for a revival. Set in a surrealistic, lazy southwestern tundra-town, this film is a portrait of secluded oddities. With a staggering protagonist melancholy like that of Lost In Translation and a barrage of devolutional characters in the vein of Idiocracy, this movie has the comedic awkwardness of Me, Myself and Irene wrapped in semiotic charm. The plainness of life is contrasted by remarkably accurate exaggerations, the morose bankruptcy of our character matched with a heartwarming revival. Definitely not hard to watch for lack of intrigue, the only reason I can see that this movie didn't do well is because it is emotionally inconsistent, both the humor and the feelings are effective but feel erratic, as if each takes away from the other and refuses to mesh. Not to say it wasn't thoroughly enjoyable if you can bear the eccentricity. Jonah Hill plays the son and the McPoyle brothers from Always Sunny are in it, in case you didn't have enough reasons to watch yet.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Should you decide to commit suicide before watching this movie you will be assured of not being further depressed by the main content. Danny and the Tortoise bring an awakening to the story with their usual whit and charm. The film has a mild upbeat ending with the Tortoise making a steal. Nibbles: Lettuce and Tomato Salad.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Just Add Water manages to be a feel-good comedy, with over-the-top, humble characters; reminiscent of Office Space, though not as good. Ray Tuckby trying to fix his once great town, is surprisingly emotional, and is something I can get behind. With a movie this endearing, it's a shame that the last half-hour fails to be as good as the rest of it; yet, the ending is still nice, but it could have been better if the lead-up wasn't so anti-climactic. Danny DeVito even lampshades how easy it was. Still, this movie is worth a watch; you can find it on Crackle for free, on PC, tablets, PS3, and Xbox 360.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Hart Bochner

Director

Dylan Walsh

Ray Tuckby

Tracy Middendorf

Nora

Danny DeVito

Merl

Justin Long

Spoonie

Jonah Hill

Eddie

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John Anderson

Variety

Whimsy and the macabre are the operating systems in Just Add Water, and they're not always complementary.

Mar 27, 2008

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Ernest Hardy

L.A. Weekly

Walsh nearly redeems the whole thing: His eyes flicker with an intelligence that isn't in the script, and he graces his character with layers of inner life in a film that coasts on surfaces.

Mar 27, 2008

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Synopsis

Ray (Dylan Walsh) sheds his dead-end life, rekindles a romance, then rids his town of a drug dealer.

Director: Hart Bochner
Executive Producer: Joe Amodei, Hart Bochner, Richard Klubeck
Screenwriter: Hart Bochner
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Bleeding Hart Films, Morningstar Films
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Drug Material)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 18, 2008, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 25, 2011

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