Best movie ever!

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

Blistering performances.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Chuck Barris, the host of the infamous Gong Show, wrote a book long ago in which he claims that he moonlighted as a CIA assassin overseas. Yeah, I call shenanigans. Knowing who Chuck is through glimpses of Gong Show reruns, and his apparent addiction to women, he seems like a full-blown sociopath. But man, what a story he tells. Hell, I'd make a movie out of it too if given the chance. Charlie Kaufman is the scribe to this interesting film, and we see a bright portion of his mad genius in quite a few sections of the film. The final scenes of the film really highlight his fantastic surrealism. Yet, the potential of his script gets squashed by it's director, George Clooney. The Hollywood golden-boy's first foray into directing a film, and he makes sure to gussy it up with as many celebrities as he can squeeze in, and an EXTREMELY overexposed image quality. This movie is desperate to be Kaufman, but is forced through the Clooney machine. So what we get, is a great idea, watered down. But out of the many problems the film has, the brightest spot of the whole thing, other than it's great script, is Sam Rockwell as Chuck Barris. He gives a nearly flawless portrayal of him. It's scary how uncanny he is to him.

Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney and... the Ratings: 7.1/10 from 67,826 users HOW!? I guess we will find out~! 7 minutes - George Clooney's skills as a director, are for sure decent. The way he edits his film is really worth mentioning 18 minutes - it's nice, nothing too fancy, but it gets its job done by keeping me interested 37 minutes - I have a great trouble with grasping the story here... It feels like it has no goal, no point and no direction 54 minutes - it actually bores me...1h 30minutes - OK, it got my attention now... I really would like to know WTF is going on~! Absolutely disappointing... what waste of time~! The only reason I can think of watching it, would be the acting of Sam Rockwell. Really... the film has no point, the story is weak and it just ends, leaving you with nothing else then a regret...tgchan's rating: 4 /10

The story of Chuck Barris is one that I knew little about going into this film. I thought that the movie was going to attempt to be an accurate depiction of his life, and then midway through the movie, I realized that this wasn't based on an actual life, but an autobiography by the real Chuck Barris. Now, although that may sound like the same thing, you must realize that when you are writing a book about yourself (Particularly in the state of mind that Barris was in) you tend to stretch the truth. CIA denies, and the movie implies, that the work Barris did with the CIA was purely born out of the mind of a man who was losing his brain. That was what I enjoyed about the movie (among other things). It was open to the viewers interpretation. It was never officially stated that Barris was or was not a gun for hire. The next enjoyable thing about the movie was Sam Rockwell's outstanding performance. Now, my opinion may be bias, as Sam Rockwell is my favorite actor, but I still imagine that most people would find his performance at least good. His ability to capture the spirit of the former game show host so accurately was almost haunting, and the scenes where he was going insane were beautifully acted. George Clooney's camera work was also fairly impressive, and the scene in the bar was very funny, due in large part to Clooney's directing. Overall, the film was greatly dark, with small doses of humor and romance. It contained mostly top quality acting and good directing from George Clooney (another one of my favorite actors).

there are times when i need to see films that are intelligent, provocative, questionings as to our nature as human beings.chuck is supremely gifted in insight and spontaneous creativity to the point of finding himself alone, a zoo-keeper in a zoo of humans. successful TV producer, loved by a most adorable woman, affairs, money and acclaim fall to him. the paradox is that he still needs a fatal fix. the film is not so much about the CIA, the Gong Show or the meaning of love. the film is more about how we handle the paradox called life however we find ourselves living it.the actors that turned up in this movie were a complete bonus, an icing. beautifully shot, a beautiful ordinary world.