What a waste of time

Rating: 4/10 (1 November 2005)

Perhaps the most poorly written movie in which legendary acting icons of Hoffman and DeNiro's caliber star. I don't know what these guys were thinking accepting this movie. Whatever happened to Jake LaMotta's and Rain men and Max Caddy's and Midnight Cowboys? How can these guys have become so desperate that they make a mockery of the career they spent decades building it.
The rest of the cast, excluding Barbara Streisand which I still have respect for (because she's an awesome singer and not just an actor) demonstrate new possibilities in the highest levels of terrible acting. Not only the movie is not funny anymore, it's actually degrading on some levels. "Dina Dina mobina..." Is this supposed to be funny, or the writers were high when they were writing it.
I have no respect for De Niro and Hoffman anymore. It's like you're a fan of these used-to-be-great icons and all of a sudden you're betrayed into learning that these guys have become so low that they rather star in the worst possible movies though with big payoffs than actually taking the time to devote their skills to a project that contributes in a positive way to the industry that helped make them. I hope to see better choices of acting from De Niro and Hoffman, because I still can't accept that they have totally lost their ability to give brilliant performances. Maybe I'm wrong, but the future will tell us.