Review: A GuiltyPleasure...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2012
I would call this a pretty good trashy tell-all.  Most people already know about Big Bad Mel, this just sheds some light on what it was like to work with him in one instance.Oddly, I didn't find the Catholic stuff too preachy as some did, although I *did* find it a little hard to swallow--this is the guy that wrote "Basic Instinct" and that book about Clinton.  I guess anybody can convert.*If* the stuff in this book is true, Mel Gibson seriously *does* need some kind of wake up call. He is portrayed here as a raging bigot who can't even concentrate enough to achieve any real depth of character, and a shallow Catholic with his own "vanity" chapel.I do sort of question why, if this stuff was true, did Esterhaz even go to Costa Rica with Mel, much less bring his family along.Even with all these questions, it still makes an entertaining read. It didn't suck.