Three Eras

Utterly disastrous from start to finish, Three Eras follows characters within three separate timelines, including the Old West and the current day, as they attempt to make something of themselves and their lives. It’s a reasonably workable premise that is, by and large, employed to atrocious and thoroughly monotonous effect by Mark and Jay Meyers, as the filmmakers, armed with a screenplay written with Chris Kerr, deliver an amateurish, mostly incompetent endeavor that doesn’t contain a single element or attribute designed to capture the viewer’s interest – with the arms-length atmosphere perpetuated by community-theater-level performances and a continuing emphasis on jokes and gags of an aggressively unfunny nature (ie there’s not a single laugh to be had within this endless misfire). The improvisation-heavy vibe paves the way for pointless, padded-out scenes and sequences that wear out their welcome immediately, and it’s impossible not to wonder what the Meyers’ were hoping to achieve with, for example, the continuing subplot involving three obnoxious, entitled siblings (ie it’s just so grating and irritating). And although the movie runs a scant 62 minutes without credits, Three Eras ultimately comes off as a seriously interminable endeavor that contains virtually nothing in the way of appealing, ingratiating attributes.

no stars out of ****