Poolman | Film Review
When a pool cleaner (Chris Pine) is approached by a mysterious femme fatale (DeWanda Wise), he becomes involved in uncovering a shady business deal. I have to admit that I only watched this film for two reasons. One, because I'm a huge fan of Chris Pine and this is his directorial debut, and two, because of the negative reviews. The film has been panned so harshly that I had to watch it to see if it could really be that bad! While I think it didn't need to be panned as harshly as it was, I didn't like the film, and there are definite problems with it! For a start, what is it about? At 30 minutes in I made a note that I had no idea what was going on or what it was about, and after watching it in its entirety, I don't think much changed! The characters were somewhat interesting, but very odd, and not particularly fun to watch. This is especially true of the main character, Darren Barrenman, who I never really understood and definitely didn't like. The dialogue is goo...