Way too much Hollywood hype about a really forgettable film

Rating: 1/10 (2 February 2015)

It took me some time to figure out why I didn't like this movie. While I walked out of the cinema thinking that was a formulaic pretentious piece of crud, but couldn't put my finger on why.
It all came down to story. It has a story, about a silly obsessed spoiled brat that puts on a play. Uhm, he's successful. No characters change, nothing happens. He and every other character are thinly drawn, the actors shout a lot to make up for this and if there is a message; it's nihilism.
The director and DOP deserve awards for making this drivel even half watchable.
This really is just a bad Hollywood film in disguise, masquerading as art-house with a half baked plot that delivers nothing. Oh, they pull a few standard formulaic tricks at the end.
If you want to see Citizen Cane minus the plot......this one's for you.