An average movie

Following his first directing efforts (‘Confession of Dangerous Mind’ or ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’), there was a point when George Clooney could actually become one of the most promising directors at work at the time but, unfortunately, it all stopped with this movie. Indeed, before its release, the expectations were rather high but it received eventually some rather lukewarm reviews but I thought I might give Clooney the benefit of the doubt so I was still eager to check the damned thing. Well, to be honest, the whole thing turned out to be indeed rather disappointing, I’m afraid. I mean, it was definitely not a bad movie but it was just way too shallow and fluffy for my taste. It is pretty obvious that it was supposed to be fluffy as it was some kind of homage to all those succesfull screwball comedies from the 30's, 40's and 50's but even though I always appreciated those, I have never been a huge fan so maybe that’s why I didn’t care much for this movie. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it is a rather well made feature and George Clooney was a perfect fit for this style but don't expect anything inspiring like we got from his previous directing efforts.