Style over substance

Rating: 4/10 (6 March 2014)

Overworked, over styled, over acted and overdone. Very little to keep interested in this overlong period piece with few highlights, no pace, drama, humor or much else. What was particularly grating was the forced accents of Bale and Lawrence. The scenes with Bale and Adams work pretty well, especially the introduction and subsequent love story. The rest of the cast and story falls pretty flat, with Coopers character well over the top, not believable and seems to want to make a whole storyline about his permed hair. Louis CK is totally misplaced as the manager who gets zero respect. I couldn't see the point to his character at all. None of the characters come across as likable or realistic.