vapid shallow egotistical romp

Rating: 2/10 (16 August 2009)

ego Clooney ego Pitt ego Julia Roberts, ego ego ego ego ego.... a 'movie' (if by a movie you mean something that you watch in order to be entertained, in which case I'm mistaken) that is so up its own backside it very nearly disappears (or maybe it never began!) into a self contrived hypermarket of Hollywood stars, made by the actors FOR the actors. clearly, audience participation here was non compulsory, all the actors on show here had such a good time with the first (as did we) and it being so lucrative the studio probably had plans to make another before production finished on the first. unfortunately, they forgot (or didn't really care), for the sequel to write any kind of decent script or any attempt at a plot. the actors are all having fun, but unfortunately, they forgot WE pay to watch, and Pitt especially smugs and grins his way through the 'movie' with a 'I'm a star and I'm proud of it' look on his face. add to Julia Roberts playing, well Julia, and a totally pointless cameo from Willis and it leaves you with a kind of bloated feeling, like you just took an ego overdose. personally, its not something i could sit through again. simply, flat and pointless. 2/10 David Ford