Muddled mish mash

Rating: 5/10 (5 March 2016)

Well, if you want and go to see a film where George Clooney gets a slap or two on the face, this is it. I'd slap the Clooney any day but multiple slaps still make this an unsatisfactory film. I laughed a couple of times, out of frustration, I think because I couldn't make much else of this hodge-podge of insider references and pseudonymous clap trap. Yah, Frances McDormand makes the best mini-appearance performing a slapstick trick in the editing room. Other clowning is seen but is less memorable. Rope tricks might have your attention for a little while and a bit of table top tap dancing might have you wondering about health and safety. Did they really dance on top of the table cloths over shiny melamine tables? Tilda Swinton does double duty as twins Thora and Thessaly Thacker... or thwacker? Nice. Nothing else is. More miss than hit, I'm afraid.