So, this is the American remake of a Swedish movie called Force Majeure from a few years ago. By casting these two as the leads it would seem like they’re turning it into a broad comedy, and honestly that would probably be a better idea in this case than trying to redo the original exactly, because I’m not totally sure it would translate well. Force Majeure had some comedy in it, but it turns into a psychodrama pretty fast, and even though these two are good actors, I just bet it would work better to go full on comedic with this material (there were times in the original where I actually thought that would be the better route to take as well). But this trailer makes it look like they’re wanting to stay true to the original’s tone, so I have my doubts about this.
