well they advertised it like a comedy, and it’s even listed under comedy, but IT WASN’T! it was actually pretty depressing. I was rather unprepaired. but I guess it was an ok story, but I certainly wasn’t in the mood for it

This was depressing, pointless, and just plain awful.

With Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine you rightfully expect something more than a relatively uninteresting story told in a disinterested way. It rates a definite ‘meh’.

Not bad, but I don’t think it works as a whole. (But then, I tend to be a bit suspicious of those “lifetime screw-up has to redeem himself for the good of his family” kind of stories, as they often veer way too far into “overly sentimental, predictable pablum” territory.) I very much enjoyed Michael Caine’s performance. And there are some great shots of Lake Michigan in winter.