Eternal Movie of the Sloppy Editor

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2004)

Come on people, this is NOT THAT GOOD A MOVIE!! Is it clever, yes. Unique, sure. Whimsical, OK. But how about poorly directed, badly cast, horribly acted, and edited by an ADD sufferer.
The storyline and cinematic treatment are engaging -- for the first 20 minutes. But this film, like Kaufman's predecessors Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, suffers from the cardinal sin of BEING TOO IMPRESSED WITH ITSELF. This is more a movie about making a super-clever concept movie than it is about an actual story and actual characters that you can really care about. By hitting the viewer over the head with the gimmickry, it becomes insulting, tiring and just not interesting anymore.
For a far better thought-provoking concept film, try Carrey's Truman Show.