The short review is as follows: This is a bad movie. It starts with the script. It is beyond awful. Not only is the writing stale, lifeless and unoriginal (except for that one line, the only decent one in the entire movie "If you stop telling lies about me, I;ll stop telling the truth about you."), but, frequently, the actors mumble these lines, so it is difficult to even know what the hell they are saying.
One of the things I look for in all movies when I'm trying to determine whether it's any good is the quality of acting from the minor characters (e.g. college buddy of a lead actor, co-worker of a lead actor). Well, they stink.
I like Carey Mulligan, but I don't like her in this movie. She plays her character throughout with so much sadness and lack of humor that, after a while, you start to cringe whenever she's coming up in a scene. Shia LaBeouf does a harmless job with his character. Michael Douglas struggles (as does the film) to find some kind of spark or energy or any reason at all to keep on watching.
Do yourself a favor and pass on this stinker.
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