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Ignore the downvotes, you’re basically right. I was in the same position and was quite disapointed when I saw it.

Also I’m pretty sure that part of the problem was that I’m not native english speaker. There were multiple scenes where I said to myself “This must sound funier to native speaker”

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“Non-native speakers” This is exactly why movies like this are not commonly made today. Most of the market is international. They do not translate to other languages or to non-native speakers well. It’s a flashback to earlier comedic cinema that was all fast dialogue and double meanings.

Now most movies are dominated by limited simplistic dialogue and extensive action sequences aka boring as fuck.

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Bullshit, I’m ESL and my favorite comedy sketches are British classics like Fry and Laurie, which are charged with complex word play. Don’t blame Hollywood’s incompetence on an international audience.

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