‘The Problem With People’ Review: Paul Reiser and Colm Meaney Are Bickering Cousins in Mildly Amusing Comedy
variety.comMurtada Elfadl “The Problem With People” starts with a montage of the many wars and conflicts happening in the world right now.
A dying Irish man, Fergus (Des Keough) bemoans this crushing violence affecting humanity as his TV blares out the news. It’s the broadest starting point in a film that always chooses the broadest jokes and situations.
While the comedic script, written by the film’s star Paul Reiser with Wally Marzano-Lesnevich, favors stereotypes to specificity, director Chris Cottam keeps the rhythm humming nicely enough for its 100-minute running time for the film to be mildly amusing.
Before he goes, Kes wants to settle at least one war: the one raging inside his own family. Many years ago, his grandfather had a falling out with his brother, who then immigrated to America.
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