Review: Unfinished Business

Vince Vaughn talks a mile-a-minute in his latest film Unfinished Business. One would think this is par for the course since he has always had a motormouthed persona. Except it's not. Vaugh talks to fill in the dead air that pervades this so-called comedy. He talks as if talking could resuscitate this lifeless deadweight of a film.

Vaughn stars as Dan Trunkman who, in a fit of pique, quits his job working for a brassy, ballbusting boss (Sienna Miller) to start his own company. His Jerry Maguire move doesn't bad him a comely charmer like Renee Zellweger. Instead, he's joined in his fledgling venture by Timothy McWinters (Tom Wilkinson), fired for reaching the mandatory age limit, and Mike Pancake (Dave Franco), a dimwitted pup who happened to be there for an interview. After a yearlong dry spell, things start looking up when Dan manages to get in on a lucrative deal with a firm led by the smarmy Jim Spinch (James Marsden).

Except the deal is not the straightforward handshake deal Dan believes it to be. It seems Dan's company is the decoy for a much larger deal involving his former boss. Dan and his team travel, first to Portland and then to Berlin, hoping against hope to come out on top and secure their futures. Of course, much chaos ensues - a spell in a unisex spa in Berlin where Mike is overwhelmed by the sight of the topless women; some wheelings and dealings at the largest gay fetish convention in Europe; and Dan's constant attempts to handle issues on the homefront, including the bullying of his overweight son and his wife's persistent pleas to put their son in private school.

One can only hope that the starring cast were well-paid for colossally wasting their time in this thoroughly insufferable film. One also wishes that they had a better time making the movie than the audience has watching this drudgery. The whole affair is unnecessary, pointless, and possesses little to no redeeming qualities.

Unfinished Business

Directed by: Ken Scott

Written by: Steve Conrad

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson, Dave Franco, Sienna Miller, Nick Frost, James Marsden