The Challenge
My first instinct is to not bother saying the first thing that comes into my head about this one – a fake reality show, are you kidding me? Like as if I was expecting some kind of scathing satire on modern mass media culture from the Olsen Twins. Then I realised, no, the criticism still kind of stands. No, of course I don’t expect high art from the Olsen Twins, I’m not dumb. But y’know, considering reality shows are the ultimate fakery to begin with, I don’t care who is involved, a movie that is basically nothing more than a 90 minute fake reality show is still a monumentally insulting waste of time and resources – behind the camera, in front of the camera, and in front of the TV screen. I’d say, oh well, the twins are cute and the soundtrack’s pretty good, but they don’t begin to make up for the awfulness here. Do yourself a big favour and get Series 7 – The Contenders instead. It’s not perfect, but at least it tries.
Addendum: I wrote this before the movie finished, twasn’t particularly hard to see where it was going. But I just wanted to mention the actress Sera Bastian, who wasn’t at all bad compared to everyone else in the abominable display.