The Man From Toronto (2022)

Take the premise of North by Northwest, but make it a comedy, but make it not very funny, and you end up with The Man From Toronto, a film that ends up being rather boring and rarely illicits much of a laugh. 

Hart plays... well, Kevin Hart, as if he was a suburban loser. Harrelson plays... well, Woody Harrelson as if he was... well Woody Harrelson. The story follows a silly plot that is mostly there just to allow the next "comic" moment to happen. I put "comic" in quotes cause, as I said, they are rarely funny. The movie wants to be edgy by making jokes about the kind of jokes that people argue about being "able" to make, you know about gender and masculinity. Oh. Ha. Ha. 

Anyway, This film is part of a deal between Sony and Netflix that allows Netflix exclusive rights to stream Sony films after their theatrical window since Sony doesn't have its own streamer like WB or Disney. But instead of the theatrical window, this one went right to Netflix. Sony didn't want to bother with a run in cinemas unlike many of their other upcoming releases. That explains what we're watching. 

Honestly if you are a die hard fan of Kevin Hart you might enjoy it enough but on the other hand you might be disappointed to see this slumming. But at least if you already subscribe to Netflix it won't cost you anything but 112 minutes of your time to sit through it. 

The Man From Toronto

Starring: Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco, Ellen Barkin

Director: Patrick Hughes

Writers: Robbie Fox, Chris Bremner