a plot that moves at a snails pace

Rating: 3/10 (21 March 2014)

Everyone knows Bale bulked up for the role and right from the very start we get a flash of his portly midriff and balding head. And once you've seen that it goes downhill faster than a car left without its handbrakes on.
Despite their obvious talents the actors felt and looked one dimensional and underdeveloped. There are many absurd moments; take for example Bradley Coopers relationship with his boss. Despite inflicting serious bodily harm on his boss when he refuses to sanction his increasingly unreasonable demands, he not only gets away with it but in a disciplinary meeting he is actually praised for his actions.
Two hours is too long for this sloppy movie.