Film Review – The Right Kind of Wrong

The name Jeremiah Chechik hasn’t been associated with a major motion picture in quite some time. The director of “Benny & Joon,” the “Diabolique” remake, and the mangled “The Avengers” big screen adventure from 1998, Chechik retreated to television when his multiplex fortunes soured, finding a medium that welcomed his interests in quirk and speed. “The Right Kind of Wrong” is a return to feature-length storytelling for the helmer, but old habits die hard. Overly cutesy and strangely unpleasant, the picture endeavors to rework stale romantic comedy clichés with flashes of R-rated behavior and escalating misery for the lead character. Mostly, the movie comes off fatigued and unfunny, laboring to fashion a farce that never gets off the ground. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com