Numb (2007/Image
Entertainment DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Feature: D
The cast
of Friends is a group of stars that
is beyond played out and no matter how much they are pushed in our faces,
nobody cares; especially when they do more lame, idiotic projects that offer
zero challenges and make them look worse than ever. That is exactly what Writer/Director has done
Harris Goldberg has done with Matthew Perry in Numb (2007) as a drug-taking neurotic whose life is getting worse.
Mary Steenburgen,
William B. Davis (The X-Files) and
Kevin Pollack are among those wasted in this feeble exercise in unfunny comedy
as Perry plays Perry with no variation or originality. You watch with zero concern for these
one-dimensional bores with less character development than most of today’s
sitcoms. This was made by Fries
Entertainment who has survived so many bad projects, I have lost count. This is one of them and is enough to drive
anyone to drugs.
The
anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1 image is a little soft and plain, with
constantly unimaginative shots and flat color.
The Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo have limited surrounds, dialogue
recorded just clearly enough and dull sound mixes in both cases. Extras include Goldberg’s pointless audio
commentary, trailer and making of featurette.
- Nicholas Sheffo
