An average movie

Since this movie did receive some rather abysmal reviews when it was released, I wasn't expecting much but since I always had a weak spot for Michael Douglas, I was still eager to check it out. To be honest, I think the whole thing definitely had some potential and the original set-up was really interesting but, unfortunately, it was really poorly developed. First of all, the whole gimmick of the interview was really weak and unnecessary. The other issue I had is that I didn’t think that Melanie Griffith was really convincing. I mean, pretty much like in 'Working Girl', even if she did look like a bimbo, she was supposed to be actually really smart but I certainly didn't buy it. Griffith was definitely charming but she can’t even really pretend to be someone smart. But, even with these flaws, I still believed that it was a strong story, it's just too bad that, as soon as she arrived in Germany, the whole plot became increasingly unbelievable and during the last 20 minutes, it barely made sense at all. Anyway, to conclude, there was probably a good movie hidden there somewhere but they picked up the wrong actress and they certainly messed up the story which was, for the most part, a big joke.

5/10