Much as I loved Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (I haven’t yet seen The Science of Sleep), this is yet another 2008 release I wasn’t overly excited about seeing – as expected, I’ve somehow despite really not watching that many movie and chat shows etc (honest!) managed to see most of it in clip or trailer form. It’s very contrived about getting to its gimmick – Mos Def and Jack Black recreating movies on less than a shoestring budget, though you probably know that already – and though it does attempt to touch on something more than than the humour that comes from that (it’s kind of a microcosm of Hollywood or any movie/entertainment industry, it’s successful, business rears its head, and ultimately originality is spawned etc) ... I couldn’t help in the end but think of how much I’d prefer to be watching the far better (in humour and emotion) Bowfinger or the cosy Nickelodeon.

That said, considering the awfulness we’ve had to endure elsewhere so far this year (though this is by no means an excuse for anything) it’s not bad ...

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