Rent The Layover (2017)

meh - The Layover review by LJ

not great, not overly funny, passed the time on a rainy sunday afternoon but nothing at all to write home about - found the 2 lead actresses very annoying after a while!

Some can act, some cannot. - The Layover review by Bert

Contains spoilers, but you're better off not watching so it won't make a difference.

This movie is about two good looking women fighting over a good looking guy (GLG) they meet on a plane. So far, so bad.

Kate Upton and Alexandria Daddario are the two women. One is a failing entrepreneur, one is a high school teacher.

One wants the guy because she is horny (Upton), the other wants the guy because her friend always gets the guys (Daddario).

Hilarity does not ensue.

A by the numbers pursuit begins, Upton and Daddario alternately making their play for the GLG and trying to block each other.

Their flight is cancelled due to bad weather, so they are put up in an hotel until the flight can be rescheduled. This is particularly disturbing for the GLG because he's going to a wedding. He doesn't say it but it's his, which you've probably guessed already.

After a diversionary hot air balloon ride, where the women compete for the affections of the GLG and narrowly avoid disaster, there's a disco, so the women can dress provocatively, all the better to attract the GLG. There are other guys there, attending a convention at the hotel, who are not nearly as good looking and therefore a waste of time.

The flight is further delayed as the weather, a hurricane, worsens.

One of the time-waster guys decides to drive home in a rental car and the GLG is going with him. And then so are the women. Hoorah!

There's an incident in a grotty gas station restroom when Upton locks Daddario inside, who then has to escape through a window, but not before covering herself in the foulness inside said restroom.

They drink, the ugly guy inadvertently takes anti-anxiety medication meant for Daddario and the car is involved in a minor wreck.

They find another hotel and bed down for the night, unable to continue because of the lack of headlights. Both women sleep with the GLG at different times. The next morning the GLG has stolen the car so he can get to the wedding. The women follow, only to find, shock, horror, it is the GLG's wedding. It turns out the GLG's bride is very demanding and Upton and Daddario and decide marriage is enough punishment for the GLG's actions.

They reconcile and all's right with the world. Daddario goes back to her job and gets a sort of promotion. Upton goes to the ugly guy's jewelry shop and apologises for her behaviour. Aah! Sometimes good looking people can be self-aware.

And it's directed by William H. Macy, which is a bit of a letdown. 

This film is as awful as it sounds. Very predictable but it's women behaving like men, so that's funny, right? No.