Ladies' Night at the Movies

Brad Pitt. George Clooney. Matt Damon. Al Pacino. Casey Affleck. Scott Caan. Don Cheadle. Andy Garcia. And that little Chinese dude. Eye candy for the chicks of the film going world all in the same movie. No wonder it took in $37.1 million over the weekend.

The movie is adequate. It's not great. It's funny, but only because it's very self-aware and the cast plays well off each other. Other than that, there really isn't much to this installment of Man Candy for the Lonely Housewife's Soul. The lonely housewives don't even have to feel threatened by the one female in this movie: Ellen Barkin. Her face has been so beaten by botox, half of her face doesn't even work. I think if she were to have taken a drink of something, it would have dribbled out like she had just been to the dentist. And boobs so fake that she's her own flotation device in case the airplane goes down over water.

My favorite line came when Scott Caan and Casey Affleck are trying to hack into Pacino's computer and Caan asks, "Are you in yet?" And Affleck replies, "I hate that question." In the theater, my friend and I were the only ones laughing at first, as it seemed to sail over the heads of the rest of the audience. But, they eventually caught up, and a delayed chuckle sounded. Watch the trailer below and you'll pretty much get the entire gist of the movie and hear most of the best lines.



So, the bottom line is this: you won't be disappointed you spent the money to see this in the theater. But you won't exactly feel satisfied. Like eating sugar free ice cream. The image on the carton looks like it is going to be a sweet, creamy and delightful experience. But, in the end, it's bland, nothing special, and you look at the picture on the box longing for some good ol' fat-filled Ben n' Jerry's.