Disastro a Hollywood

A Satirical Look at Hollywood Lives, Viewed Through a Cynical Lens

The title of Barry Levinson's new movie, “What Just Happened,” is not phrased as a question, but if it were it would demand another question in response: “Who cares?” I'm asking in earnest. Who, exactly, do Mr. Levinson and the screenwriter, Art Linson, expect to invest time and interest — to say nothing of thought or feeling — in this meandering, passive-aggressive comedy of Hollywood inconsequence?
It's not as though the filmmakers themselves show much passion for the project beyond an evident love of the music of Ennio Morricone, a fondness for filming Los Angeles neighborhoods and Cannes hotels through the windows of moving cars, and a salutary appreciation of the efforts of a handful of first-rate actors. [...]

di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (4982 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 17 Ottobre 2008