The story wasn't the most original, but it was presented in a way that at least seemed new. The film acts as a two hour long day time soap without commercials. I think this is done on purpose in order to satirize the world of acting and to see what someone who never stops acting, even when cameras aren't rolling, would be like. So even if the plot was old news this was at least a way to keep it interesting and even added an air of freshness to it. I have never seen a movie that purposely took itself to seriously. The characters were over the top and the actors who portrayed them overacted perfectly. Even the score was something you would find in an usual soap opera. The filming was no different, very few if any long takes, which is exactly what you would expect from daytime television. Not to mention lots of back and forth conversations with overly dramatic pauses dispersed throughout. If you could get over the advertent cheesiness of the movie it was actually quite entertaining.
The story didn't deliver any strong, willful messages it was just simply there for your viewing pleasure. The characters were not role models or heroes, they were flawed products of society that allowed greed and fame to get the better of them. The only characters who seemed to have any kind of morals managed to get themselves killed within the first twenty minutes of the film. Its soul purpose was to entertain and in that I believe it succeeded.
The movie asked you to enter a world that few are familiar with, the world of acting. It asked you to accept extraordinary circumstances as real life events. It asked you to sympathize with deeply flawed characters. This may seem like the movie asked a lot, but I would rather a film ask something of me than I of it. The movie may not have been deep or emotionally strong, but it definitely didn't take you by the hand and spell everything out for you. So in other words I think it did exactly what a good movie should.
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