Review of The Trouble With Bliss (2011) by Jasmine K — 22 May 2014

Don't know why the critics get so uptight about laidback slice-of-films likes these. The performances are a joy. One never gets tired of this highly passive protagonist because Michael C. Hall is one of the finest less-is-more actors out there.

The rest of the cast is topnotch. And there's a generous sprinkling of endearing as well as laugh out loud moments throughout the film. And before critics begin to think they're the only discerning viewers out there, we're not members of the hoi polloi who get off on Katherine Heigl rom coms.

We look for good cinema, and this one is more than good enough. Well worth my time.Weird - critics get to see films for free and they can't stop carping, while we pay to see a film like this and get so much more pleasure out of it.

You'd think it would be the other way around.