Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:01 pm
People in Hollywood sometimes think they're smarter, funnier, and cuter than they actually are and this is proof.
This movie tries to be too clever, too dark, too everything. Not that the movie sucks, but it's not a movie you have to see or one you should feel bad about missing.
John Malkovich shines, as always, as a data analyst for the CIA who has been demoted and is going through a divorce. He decides to write his memoirs and they unintentionally end up in the hands of a few morons that work at a gym (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt). Meanwhile, a treasury agent, George Clooney, is the guy screwing Malkovich's wife and McDormand.
The acting is pretty good throughout, but the writing drags the film down. The story functions only because most of the characters are idiots and not because there is any logical progression. Everything just feels awkward throughout and many of the characters could be removed without the movie suffering.
If you haven't seen it, you aren't missing anything.
5 out of 10.
This movie tries to be too clever, too dark, too everything. Not that the movie sucks, but it's not a movie you have to see or one you should feel bad about missing.
John Malkovich shines, as always, as a data analyst for the CIA who has been demoted and is going through a divorce. He decides to write his memoirs and they unintentionally end up in the hands of a few morons that work at a gym (Frances McDormand and Brad Pitt). Meanwhile, a treasury agent, George Clooney, is the guy screwing Malkovich's wife and McDormand.
The acting is pretty good throughout, but the writing drags the film down. The story functions only because most of the characters are idiots and not because there is any logical progression. Everything just feels awkward throughout and many of the characters could be removed without the movie suffering.
If you haven't seen it, you aren't missing anything.
5 out of 10.