Renfield Review: Cage & Hoult Are Excellent In Aggressively Mediocre Comedy

Renfield Review: Nicolas Cage & Nicholas Hoult Are Excellent In Aggressively Mediocre Comedy

Directed by Chris McKay from a screenplay by Ryan Ridley and Robert Kirkman, Renfield starts off strong before deteriorating in quality. Its premise, primarily having to do with leaving a codependent relationship, is great on the surface, but the decision to focus on one too many plots derails the film’s potential and initial conceit.

That said, Renfield would have worked far better if Ridley and Kirkman had cut the cop and crime boss plots altogether. It’s too convoluted and messy, shoehorned into the film while undermining the primary story being told. Some of the dialogue — weak and tacky as it is — doesn’t help matters, and Renfield having to deal with the additional plots grows tedious the longer the film goes on.

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