I think I am going to go jump off a bridge

Rating: 3/10 (29 December 2009)

Oh boy, another Clooney movie to show off that fake and overused "cute" smile of his (which I sometimes find myself mistaking for a nervous tick). Now, don't get me wrong, Clooney can sometimes force out a good performance, but one can only do so much with a character who's depth is dwarfed only by his 23 year old "life virgin" supporting character who tries to muster the odd half cocked rant to possibly stir up some sort of emotion from the half asleep audience.
At least there was one solid character in this movie, Alex, who somehow has us (the "unsuspecting" audience) feeling "sorry" for poor Ryan for getting a taste of his own medicine. I found myself feeling more sorry for Clooney himself for playing such a lifeless role, than for getting his character's ego stomped by the ideals he's lived by his entire lack of existence thus far.
And if it weren't hard enough to sit through the monotonous and terribly acted "firing" scenes throughout out the movie, they play MORE at the end as if the director thought they were well done? I mean do I really want to watch underpaid actors trying to audition for a crying scene? I could almost feel myself in the casting director's shoes screening for these actors, leaning over to the producer and saying "lets just pick these ones, then we can up-size our rooms to the jacuzzi suites for the entire shoot, no-one will notice"... I mean how can anyone take it serious enough to feel one iota of emotion for these people?
I wasn't sure what to expect from this movie going into it, which for a terribly done chick flick is usually a good thing, but this one left such a void in my life that I continue to lament the 108 minutes that it has taken from me, a day later.
*GONG*
I've been seeing movies loyally for 20 years, and they do this to me?
Do they understand what they did to me for almost two hours?
What would my children think if I went to this movie?
How can I face my wife after seeing it?
I think I am going to go jump off a bridge.