Flashy, Fat, and Imcomprehensible

Rating: 6/10 (3 May 2014)

There Actually is a Professional Critic that Stated, somewhat tongue in cheek but it makes the point, that Christian Bale's Hair should have got an Oscar Nomination. Say what? Have We really become that Shallow? It seems that Critics and the Academy have been Conned by this Overblown, Blow-Dried, Flashy, Bad Hair, Bad Clothes Horse of a Movie that they forgot to Mentioned that the Plot is a Mess. It is Nearly Impossible to Follow.
Since the Whole Movie's Story is about Scams and Corruption, it would be nice to have a Coherent Plot that Came Together. Instead there is a lot of Shouting and Wordy Confrontations that go Virtually Nowhere except to Another Scene of Outrageous Onlooking at the Razz-ma-tazz of the Period.
The Film Flails from Comedy to Drama in a Drum-Machine Beat and the Thing is Packed to the Brim with Characters and Corn. Nothing seems Plausible or in any sense Realistic in this Retro-Dream Fantasy, yet it is about a Real-Life Bring Down of Politicians and Big Shots in the Getting Ready for the Greed Decade Preceded by the Me-Seventies.
This is a Wild and Wacky Movie that may Charm some, but Others may find it Offensive and Embarrassing. It is so Overwrought that the Film Shorts Itself Out like Metal in a Microwave. It is too much of a Good Thing and not Enough of a Good Thing. This is a Two-Hour Plus Comedy Skit that Wears Out its Welcome Faster than a Leisure Suit.
Overrated and Over Indulgent, it is Quintessentially Style Over Substance and a Rather Uncomfortable and Irritating Trip Down Memory Lane.