An egregious two-and-a-half hours of a smug Adam McKay and a misguided cast tapping each other on their backs, congratulating and laughing at their own terrible jokes.
Granted, Jennifer Lawrence and Cate Blanchett save things from one-star city but this was one confused and overstuffed mess - the humour is empty-headed, the satire obvious and it socio-political undertones embarrassingly limp.
An intriguing concept, yes, but unfortunately mishandled by a writer/director completely out of his league.
