Novel idea badly executed

Rating: 3/10 (30 March 2014)

Novel idea badly executed. The idea of bringing as many Hollywood (and other) celebrities together in one movie, all playing themselves, often parodying themselves, was a great one. However that's about the only good thing about the movie.
Plot is poor, and not very original. The longer the movie goes on, the sillier it becomes. Yes, it is meant to be a comedy, but it's not that funny. Many of the "jokes" are quite juvenile.
Where the movie does have sparks of entertainment is when the original plan is adhered to, ie stars making fun of themselves. Any scene with Michael Cera was great, because of this.
Such scenes are few and far between, however, and often, instead of running each other down, many of the scenes just involve mutual back- slapping. Nothing personified this more than just about anything James Franco said in the movie. Also reminded me what a vastly overrated actor he is...
Talking performances, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill and Chris Robinson are okay, with Robinson being the pick of the bunch. As alluded to previously, James Franco is irritating, as always.
A wasted opportunity.