Far-fetched, Nonsense

Rating: 4/10 (27 July 2012)

This film has one saving grace that stopped me from giving it a 1 or 2 stars and thats that i was able to sit through it and the time didn't pass too slowly, for some people thats enough for them to rate a film 7 or 8 out of ten if its flashy enough but not me. With Michael Douglas, Sean Penn and an interesting concept I thought i'd be in for a decent watch but at the end I have to say it is way too contrived and unbelievable, it thinks its clever and symbolic but it isn't and this has the effect of being extremely annoying , the movie is ultimately pointless and i felt cheated im not a fan of Fincher at all extremely overrated, far from the genius he is billed by the public and media. I don't want to spoil the film but if anyone gave me that birthday present i would at the very least break their nose, the basic plot is that Michael Douglas, an extremely rich successful buisinessman clearly lonely and depressed is given a highly expensive gift which is a kind of "personalized reality game" for his birthday from his moronic brother Sean Penn, to enjoy this film you would have to suspend your disbelief to infantile levels which is OK for some films but this makes pathetic attempts at realism, I don't want to go into specifics as it's exausting those that have seen the film know what im talking about, I think it could have been much better if they had gone down the route that the film twisted away from but i predicted extremely early that it wouldn't ultimtely the film is very hollow and idiotic, sorry to those who thought it was a work of genius with a profound message. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.