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Jackpot! Hates Its Audience Almost As Much As It Hates Its Characters
Paul Feig’s latest indulges in a kind of misanthropy that would require a lot more thought and ballsiness to pull off.
These initial scenes, with the clueless Katie wondering why everyone’s trying to kill her and Noel helping demolish her would-be murderers, do incorporate some fun stunts, which might lead you to think you’re watching a light, amiably dumb comedy. But as the story “develops,” it becomes clear that the filmmakers don’t have a lot of ideas here, save for occasional non sequitur jokes (some of them improvised, if the blooper reels over the closing credits are anything to go by) and constant shots of ordinary people suddenly pulling out weapons at the sight of Katie (a gag that stops being funny after maybe the seventh time it happens). The supporting characters, on the other hand, are insistently annoying — including Katie’s idiotic Airbnb host, Shadi (Ayden Mayeri), and her even more boneheaded boyfriend, DJ (Donald Elise Watkins).
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