I caught the premiere on HDNet.

What can I say about Malkovich? He is flat out perfect. He's unsettling, he's funny and he does a great job of portraying this guy's slide into alcholism. I also liked how the director spliced clips of music from Kubrick's film's throughout the film. It was a treat to listen to those once again. But outside of Malkovich's performance, the music and a very clever ending, I just wasn't a big fan of everything else. It just wasn't my kind of film and I think it was a missed opportunity into really getting into why this guy did what he did, especially since it seems he didn't know a thing about Kubrick or the fact that Kirk Douglas was a man. His thought process is just kind of brushed over and all we get are his experiences. I thought that was a missed opportunity.

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