Doesn't match its ambition

Hollywoodland doesn't quite live up to it's ambition. I really dug the structure, the way it flashes back and forth from post to pre-murder, and the performances are fine, particularly from the supporting cast. Robin Tunney especially stood out for me. Affleck I felt nailed his role, more-so than Brody who I never fully bought. It seemed to me that the film-makers were trying to give us another Chinatown but hit a few too many diversion signs en-route.


7/10