Likewise Ben Foster's Jake Mazursky is all over the place as a strung out-stressed out loser that starts the whole mess. Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone are believable most of the time, but some moments feel incongruent (Stones final scene for example was over the top and in such a bad way). What this character lacks in emotion, others, such as 'Susan' and 'Keith,' give us a bit more to watch. Gone were the moments where you can see everything he thinks and feels on his face as when he portrays Z-boy Jay Adams or as Tim Travis in 'Imaginary Heroes.' He is supposed to be the heartless bad guy in this and since he is portraying a real person perhaps the flatness of this character is due to an accurate depiction of real life Jesse James Hollywood. I always love Emile Hirsch but found this character a little one dimensional. He does a good job of showing us the moral dilemma he is twisting in.

I have never been a Justin Timberlake fan, but he was one of the best things about this movie. Maybe I just had to wait too long for this one to finally come out.

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