Film Review – R.I.P.D.

“R.I.P.D.” is a constipated picture. It’s easy to see what the
production had in mind when cameras originally rolled, but editorial
tinkering and general tonal indecision has coughed up a painless misfire
— a movie that could’ve been something sharper, sillier, and more
direct with its action sequences. What’s up on the screen is flawed and
noisy, trying to siphon “Men in Black” fuel without the imagination of
Barry Sonnenfeld in play, and while it doesn’t come together, there are a
few inspired moments to pick up the slack, and the presence of Jeff
Bridges has the ability to lighten any mood, gleefully stomping around
the effort like he owns it.
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