‘Answers To Nothing’ Trailer – Presenting Dane Cook, Serious Actor
There comes a moment in many a comedy star’s life when he decides it’s time to try his luck with dramatic acting. Apparently, that point is now for comedian/actorDane Cook. Though he’s made his name with mediocre comedies likeGood Luck ChuckandEmployee of the Month, Cook took on a more dramatic part in 2007’sDan in Real Life, and now he’s doing his darkest turn yet inAnswers to Nothing.
Directed byMatthew Leutwyler, the drama follows a several “lost souls” in L.A. who are connected by a missing girl case. Cook plays one of those lonely people, a cheating husband toLost’sElizabeth Mitchelland a frustrated son toBarbara Hershey.Julie Benz,Zach Gilford, andEric Palladinoalso star. Watch the trailer after the jump.
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The plot appears to center around a kidnapping case being investigated by Benz’s character, who in turn is buddies with Mitchell’s. I’m not entirely sure how Gilford or Palladino factor in. The trailer doesn’t look very good to me — it mostly looks a second-rateCrash, and then there’s a segment about 1/3 of the way through where the movie briefly turns into a thriller for some reason. What’s going on here?
On the plus side, it doesn’t seem like Cook is the problem. It’s impossible to judge his performance from these brief clips, but from here he looks no better or worse than any of the other actors in the movie — all of whom have much more dramatic acting experience than Cook does.Answers to Nothingmay not be the ideal start for this new period in Cook’s career, but if he does well here, who knows? He probably won’t become the next Tom Hanks, but maybe he could be the next Dax Shepard. That guy used to star in things likeLet’s Go to Prison, and now critics are always going on about how surprisingly good he is inParenthood.
