Should You Watch Me Time on Netflix? – What’s on Netflix

Me Time is now on Netflix Picture: Netflix

Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Hart star in one of Netflixs biggest releases of August 2022 but should you hit play on Netflix? Heres our review of the new comedy.

Starring Kevin Hart (Fatherhood, The Man From Toronto), the movie is about a Dad named Sonny who finds time for himself for the first time in years while his wife and kids are away. He reconnects with a friend for a wild weekend.

Mark Wahlberg stars as Huck (Boogie Nights, The Other Guys) and Regina Hall as Maya (Girls Trip, Scary Movie). Fun fact: This is the seventh movie that Kevin Hart & Regina Hall have acted in together.

So is the movie worth your time? Heres our review:

In the early 2000s, writer/director John Hamburg was one of the best comedy minds in the industry. With the incredible early success of Meet The Parents, Zoolander, & I Love You, Man, Hamburg created iconic characters that still resonate with fans like myself to this day (I was once Zoolander for Halloween in my early 20s. Yes, I was Blue Steel). He was best when he could take common adult issues like preparing for marriage or making friends and make them extremely relatable, even when doing outlandish things.

Seemingly, Me Time should fit right into Hamburgs skill set as it brings him back to complications of balancing adult male friendships with the needs of an evolving family dynamic while finding the humor & drama in them, much like I Love You, Man did in 2009.

However, unlike I Love You, Man, this film goes for spectacle & mostly sanitized blunders over character development and doesnt cultivate the relationships between the central figures.

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From the opening scene in which Kevin Harts Sonny and Mark Wahlbergs Huck go Wingsuit Flying, you can tell that the film feels compelled to rush into stunts & pratfalls before we barely acknowledge the relationship between these longtime best friends.

It feels like a movie that built the sets before the screenplay was even finished. Who needs backstory when you have a personal Burning Man?But hey! This is a comedy! You have Hart, Wahlberg, and a budget Why dont you just turn on the camera and let them cook?!

Well, in the case of Me Time, the ingredients may have been there, but the chemistry was not. While it seemed at times like the buddy duo was having an incredible time making the movie, I never really bought them as BFFs. They never seem to have a shorthand or a bond that brings them closer. One could even argue that their relationship doesnt seem to serve the films central need.

Me Time Picture: Netflix

Sonny needs to take time away from his family and reconnect with his life outside of them, including focusing on his own needs. What does Huck bring to the table? A weekend of worrying about his unstable & unsustainable lifestyle requires multiple confrontations with a loan shark and depleting your life savings. Hows that music career going? Was your passion entertaining kids, or did you just create a plan that helped get your friend back on his feet?

Very little works in this movie. Does it have some laughs? Yes, some. Mostly from comedian Andrew Santino. Does it have a barely coherent cameo from a famous musician? Indeed it does.

With the bar set down to Spenser Confidential and The Man From Toronto levels these days, maybe fans of these leading men wont be disappointed, but I cant say this was the best use of my Me Time.

Andrew Santino as Alan in Me Time. Cr. Saeed Adyani/Netflix

Andrew Santino as Alan Geller.

One of the rare characters in this film that knew how to bring it in every time hes on-screen! Santino was a complete scene stealer as the Parent Friend Dad who says and does the things that we wish Sonny (Hart) would have done by the movies end.

From pep talks about pleasure time to snorting his kids ADHD medication, Santino shows why hes been one of the hottest stand-up comics over the past few years.

PAUSE. If you like Kevin Harts comedies, then you will probably find something to like here. However, even in that category, you could definitely do better.

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