Also the Best Comedy of the Year

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2015)

In addition to this movie being a bravura and gorgeous piece of technical and cinematographic art, it is also one of the sharpest comedies I've seen in a long time. The cast understand perfectly that the best comedy comes out of acting the pain of the scene. The insecurities and loves of the actors are sometimes ridiculous and hilarious, but always believable and brilliantly portrayed.
In fact, the movie gets less interesting at the end when we stop having the interplay of the four actors in the play. And Edward Norton! Seriously, the man has done almost nothing worth watching since "Fight Club" (he was good in a small role in "Moonrise Kingdom") but here he is astounding. The timing, the physicality, the interplay with Keaton, Naomi Watts and Emma Stone — just fearless and top-notch.