In A World... is a light, slightly confused, comedy about the voice over industry. Writer, director, and star Lake Bell plays Carol, our hero, on a journey to create and provide the female sound voice over has long missed and actively repressed.
The plot centers mostly on the resurrection of the "In a world..." trailer gimmick and the competition for that coveted job. There are some great cameos by voice over actors, fun recording sessions, and voice over centric humor. The film however doesn't spend a whole lot of time in this peculiar voice over world it has created. It gently meanders around Carol, her sister and brother-in-laws struggling marriage, and the strained relationship both women have with their father.
In a fitting twist the movie doesn't pack as many laughs as the trailer implies, it does however deliver in heart and message with a good amount of jokes, gags, and comedian cameos in between. Heartwarming first, funny a distant second, not exactly what was expected.
See It.
Aaron Tyler-Johnson reprises his role as Kick-Ass and is more boring than in the original. Jim Carrey fills the enormous shoes of Nicholas Cage and does a passable job but is barely in the movie with only one quick fight sequence. Chloe Grace Mortez is again the bright spot of the movie but her divergence into high school and the popular-girl click feels forced and an almost verbatim 10 minute rendition of Mean Girls.
The movie ends with a gang fight which is too little too late to save the struggling sequel. The edginess, the fast paced pointed action, and the vulgarity were all left behind in the original.
Don't See It.
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