Laugh out loud funny, then wonder what it's all about

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 2010)

The only reason I didn't give this a 10 (my first I think), was simply because of the lack of a certain, Je Ne Sais Pas. When I looked at the cast list for this movie, I simply was compelled to watch it. The performances did not let me down... not even once.
Ewan McGreggor turns in a gorgeous bumbling, slightly nervous, performance as the journalist, though I wish he'd refrained from doing the American accent...it simply wasn't necessary.
George Clooney, at his imperious, mental best, offering the slightly deranged never quite sure where he's going, that's been missing in some of his more recent "blockbusters"
Kevin Spacey, frankly this guy just gets better and better...ever since 7, every movie I've since watched him in I've been waiting for the pure underplayed evil to resurface...there were hints of it in American Beauty, but here he adds some comic timing and genius to the attribute list.
This film is simply bonkers, it rolls around and you're never quite sure where it's going. The plot if you can call it that, is more an idea than a plot... you can virtually see the screenplay writer sitting down in a bar with some mates and a beer mat and writing it on that...
The pure genius of this movie is that it doesn't really need a plot, there are some truly stand out laugh out loud moments, and I think I nearly wet myself when Jeff Bridges asks Ewan Macgreggor if he's every noticed the inner Jedi in him !!!
This perhaps isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I think it will have cult appeal, and given sheer quality of the cast it's an absolute must see.
You will come out not really knowing what the point of the movie was, but you will have laughed through great swathes of it...!!!