People Like Us (2012)

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Definitely a different type of movie that I'm used to seeing. A predictable movie although, a story of a man who finds out he has a half sister from an affair his father had unknowingly.There was a plot that didn't have any substance to the movie, which was the main character Sam, being in legal trouble. Throughout the movie, lawyers were calling him and he just ignores the calls the whole movie. I guess this was meant to have a sense that Sam would leave LA and go back to NYC, or possibly go to prison, but by the end of the movie, that plot is left unresolved.All in all, its a decent flick that is enjoyable to watch, but I wouldn't watch it twice.

Well, I've taken more than a year to decide watching this movie, since the main synopsis never really interested me. However, I must say that I found "People Like Us" a nice film to be seen; it has an unconventional way of storytelling that makes you wonder where it's heading to. In fact, the most unconventional aspect of it are the characters; Sam, for instance, isn't one of those cool guys that everyone simply adores. He is, actually, someone very unlikeable, whose lifeline, in the end, turns him into a regular guy. The rest of the characters are a little eccentric, which doesn't allow "People Like Us" become another Hollywood "i've-seen-it-all". Other than that, there isn't much to say; the story isn't going to change your life, but it will probably provide you a good time, even if some consider it to be overlong.

This was pretty good although ultimately nothing all that special. I did like all the characters involved and the actors who portrayed them. Elizabeth Banks is very believable as a recovering alcoholic, single mother and a bright spot in the movie. Michelle Pfeiffer has a couple of powerful scenes and damn she's beautiful, does this woman never age?Chris Pine's character is nothing new, a twenty-something, fast-talking, self absorbed salesman (although in all fairness he wasn't terrible he just wasn't all that interesting.) The movie revolves around his character Sam, whose latest deal collapses on the day he learns that his father has suddenly died. He returns home for the funeral excited at the prospect of an inheritance but is shocked to find his father has left the money to Frankie, a sister he never knew existed. At first he plans to keep the money for himself but curiosity gets the better of him and he befriends Frankie and her son.I really enjoyed the boy who played the son (Michael Hall D'Addario) He was fun, interesting and seemed to bring out the best in the adults he had scenes with especially Pine. Ultimately I did find all the characters a little vague and the ending kinda meh, unsatisfying. If I'm being totally honest I fell asleep a couple times too and had to keep rewinding it. 10/26/15

I disagree with most of the other reviews. I think it is bizarre that someone would leave a large amount money in the manner that it was. It seems to be a bad idea for many reasons, and the entire story depends on that. The whole situation about what he did with/about the money made me uncomfortable throughout the movie.The secrets in the movie did not make the movie exciting or interesting for me.The grandson, Josh, has behavior problems yet his mother (the sister) is a great mother. That is another inconsistency that bothered me.I sure do not understand the end. The ending is supposed to make it all okay but I do not understand it.