Laura (Rashida Jones) thinks her husband, Dean (Marlon Wayans), is acting peculiar. In fact, she suspects that he is cheating on her with his attractive co-worker, Fiona (Jessica Henwick). She tells her father, Felix (Bill Murray), about her concerns and he immediately sets about investigating. He is very soon certain that Dean is unfaithful and takes Laura on increasingly outrageous stake-outs to catch Dean in the act. Along they way, Felix also flirts with every woman they meet and shows he is a charming though often unreliable man. He had left his wife, Laura's mother, for another woman.
Murray is fun, but not really funny here. The comedy is more of the ludicrous situation variety. He's the center of attention because he is charming and talented, not because he is a barrel of laughs. Rashida is a downer from beginning to end. The very plot of the film makes it hard for her to be otherwise.
When the movie concludes, it is just a letdown. Maybe we could have had some father-daughter bonding in picturesque New York City with some other foundation than infidelity. After all, Laura is a writer. Maybe she could have been doing research when dad re-enters her life and joins in her project with passion. As is, if felt like the director, Sofia Coppola, just wasted my time with a nothing movie that was only lightly flavored with Bill Murray comedy.
Skip.
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