Direction: Sofia Coppola
Country: USA
Sofia Coppola returns with a too-sweet-and-less-punchy story about a Manhattan-based writer and mother of two (Rashida Jones), who gets stuck to the idea that her hardworking husband (Marlon Wayans) is cheating on her with his attractive assistant (Jessica Henwick). Desperate, she opens up with her womanizer father (the fabulous Bill Murray is equal to himself), who becomes the only reason why you should consider to give a chance to this trivial dramedy.
Ms. Coppola had better days, and if powerful dramas such as The Virgin Suicides (1999), Lost in Translation (2003) and The Beguiled (2017) were expressions of her filmmaking prowess, then On The Rocks disappoints, even if with some charm.
Delivered with a bourgeois, Woody Allen-esque vibe, the film is somewhat formulaic and undistinguished, with Murray’s amusing scenes being a poor trade-off for the inert course of events. With the father playing the child and the daughter playing the adult, the film fell short of my expectations in the end.
