So we know by running through the credits at the start this is a comedy that stars an impressive amount of talented and peculiar actors, Hoffman, Schwartzman, Naomi Watts, Jude Law, Lily Tomlin ... all on the rather eccentric side of Hollywood. We know from the premise this is going to be rather offbeat and possibly even deliver some wisdom.
As for any movie, as the viewer we wish to be entertained and therefor are willing to dive right into the plot and indulge ourselves in the spirit and universe of the actors, director and writers of the movie in front of us. Here, it doesn't take long to realize this is edgy, but then, it takes just an extra minute to realize it's only intellectual masturbation.
The dialogue is very dense, the sort of script that is difficult to follow, for VERY little reward.
The movie just goes on and on, and never picks up. It's just pointless, nihilistic time wasting, with a couple of original but hollow ideas being juggled around for practically no effect very fast.
3 stars for the actors, the trouble of writing up something that attempts originality. But a plain headache.
As for any movie, as the viewer we wish to be entertained and therefor are willing to dive right into the plot and indulge ourselves in the spirit and universe of the actors, director and writers of the movie in front of us. Here, it doesn't take long to realize this is edgy, but then, it takes just an extra minute to realize it's only intellectual masturbation.
The dialogue is very dense, the sort of script that is difficult to follow, for VERY little reward.
The movie just goes on and on, and never picks up. It's just pointless, nihilistic time wasting, with a couple of original but hollow ideas being juggled around for practically no effect very fast.
3 stars for the actors, the trouble of writing up something that attempts originality. But a plain headache.