The Love Punch

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Asinine comedy showing that Emma Thompson, the actress who signs the anti-Israel petitions in real life and Pierce Brosnan, aren't really adept at comedy at all. The story line deals with an upper class divorced couple who discover that all their assets have literally been taken from them by a young shrewd man who bought the company that her husband works for. All the employees are up the creek, or it appears that way. Naturally, Brosnan and Thompson team up to gain revenge on the man who has just married. They go to France to steal valuable diamonds and come into all sorts of comical situations, many of whom are inane and ridiculous.

Emma Thomson said in the publicity interviews for this film that it marked a return of films that made you happy from start to finish. Sadly I can't agree with this sentiment as for me 'The Love Punch' was nothing more than four very good actors doing highly irrational things. It has a flimsy and improbable plot and then tries to be a middle aged version of Oceans Eleven, with a healthy dose of Pink Panther thrown in for good measure. Why didn't they get a lawyer involved? Why are they so happy for their son to regularly break the law through hacking? For a film that is supposed to be going against the gross out comedy grain why are there so many sexual jokes? All these questions and more remain unanswered in this flimsy film's relatively short running time. It's a great shame that director Joel Hopkins and Emma Thomson couldn't follow up their previous collaboration (Last Chance Harvey) with something of equal standard.

I just love Pierce Brosan just like so many people out there i am also a big fan of him ever since i saw him as James Bond in his all four outings from golden eye till die another day he did great films before bond and even after the bond era but since last 3 years he is been doing comedy films a lot i do like him in these type of roles but this time the script lacks many things specially for Brosnan's character people go to watch Brosnan film expecting some Good stuff but if its not something worth it fans are left with disappointment all i have to says is almost everything is forced in this film. Written and directed by Joel Hopkins this British french production did not even garnered much positive reviews from critics as well as audience members the sole reason is repeat attempt to include the spy/heist storyline in the project like makers try to include bond references in the films he is given i mean he is done playing bond give it a rest in this film a lot of homage can be spotted easily the opening sequence where Brosnan and Emma are drinking and the bartender was doing shaken not stirred thing. Many filmmakers do that even i would try to do it if i was a filmmaker everyone is a 007 fan forever but it is better to try not to do this some people will argue that these little things do not matter well i disagree it does even the actors don't like these attempts i liked the film its got some hilarious moments like one guy starts to * pierce immediately whistles and yells at him making him notice that he can be watched via computer camera while the jokes were funny but there comes a point when it is overdone i mean Brosnan in a Texas accent that is just ridiculous. The Plot:Kate and Richard are divorced but when the company Richard works for cheats him Richard and Kate try to steal the precious diamond the owner gave it to his girlfriend. The Cast:once again Pierce Brosnan looks awesome here despite the age he is so smooth but he needs to be careful next time this type of move can kill a career as for Emma Thompson she should stop overacting Tupence Middleton & Louise Bourgoin give their best performances. Overall The Love Punch 2013 is a film with one weird angle that never works but it is only worth checking out for Pierce Brosnan my rating is 4/10.