I gave Steven Soderbergh’s most recent experiment, The Good German, partial credit purely for its experimental nature. Not happening here. While this movie is completely watchable – I’d recommend it as background only, though – it’s really going nowhere. It reminds me most immediately of Mike Figgis’ Timecode, also an experiment, a far more successful one at that; with maybe a dash of Richard Linklater’s Tape – gee, another experiment, perhaps not as good as Timecode but again much more interesting than this. I’ve got to give kudos to Julia Roberts (again? I hear you ask) and David Hyde Pierce, though … really nice subdued performances, nothing like what I’m used to from either of them.

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