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Steve and Kate (David Duchovny and Demi Moore) want the world’s metaphorical neighbors to keep up with “The Joneses.” |
“The Joneses” begs to be a farce.
It pleads to be funnier.
More acerbic.
More outrageous.
More critical of the consumer culture that eats away at American spirituality by focusing on material possessions instead of the things that really matter.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Writer/director/producer Derrick Borte will have none of that.
He thinks “The Joneses” should be a ponderously serious commentary weighed down by soap-operatic subplots and capped with a forced ending that no thinking viewer will buy for a moment.
Not even at Walmart prices.
“The Joneses” (as in keeping up with …) move into a posh, stone-built mini-mansion in a super upscale section of town.
Steve Jones (David Duchovny), his wife Kate (Demi Moore), their son Mick (Ben Hollingsworth) and daughter Jen (Amber Heard) seem to be the perfect family.
Perfect, no. Family, no. (Read more…)