The Problem with People

It's ostensibly a comedy, but I don't think I ever laughed.

The script is co-written by the American actor Paul Reiser, with a very broad sense of humour, though it’s likable enough. Colm Meaney is also on decent form as undertaker Ciáran.

While the comedic script... favors stereotypes to specificity, director Chris Cottam keeps the rhythm humming nicely enough for its 100-minute running time for the film to be mildly amusing.

It’s interesting to see an experiment with non-traditional sources of conflict, whether or not it entirely works.

A tourist-board tale painted in broad strokes, The Problem with People is sentimental, but likeable all the same.

... A harmless bit of oirish frippery that makes good use of two veteran character actors.

... In the end, the problem with The Problem with People is that it stumbles far too often into Paddywhackery.

The main problem with The Problem With People is its woefully cliché-ridden script, which could have been copied and pasted from dozens of buddy films.

The Problem With People is one of those movies that makes you feel bad for not liking it more than you do.


A gentle paced film that stands as easy Sunday afternoon viewing, The Problem with People succeeds mostly off the banter between Reiser and Meaney.