Colorfully boffo, not the stuff of classic humor

Rating: Null/10 (21 September 2009)

Well produced, generally well directed, generally well-acted. The technical work and editing do help push the creaky old storyline along.
The writing is so-so. The narrative structure is tepid, punctuated with precious few fleeting flashes of cleverness.
In short, the writers/producers believed that over-the-top acting/directing could carry a movie with a narrative premised on a drug-induced "lost night". If there was some kind of brilliant twist or tour-de-force, it would redeem the exercise. Unfortunately, the development is a surprisingly prosaic, vanilla treatment of the premise.
I know this approach works OK for some folks. I watched this on the recommendation of a guy I'd just met who seemed like a pretty smart fellow. But it turns out to have been a pretty tame product. If you expect quality narrative from a movie, skip it.