anything that might have be potentially interesting in this material be sink in the first few second with a disclaimer that the event be about to see can not ever be know and this be the whisper [ rumor ] most often tell about one of hollywood most sensational mystery . okay . so be not get anything new ( and e. mystery and scandal give you a good foothold on the particular incident . and that not much of an endorsement ) . what do we get . we learn that hollywood be a nest of viper and decadent . no big news there . more interesting we learn what a wash up director be willing to do to regain his position of power in the entertainment industry and or or political establishment . it raise the question of whether peter bogdanovich be speak from his own experience through these character . but what tell be so cynical and ugly and muddle and be leave feel guilty for witness a bunch of hooey that pass itself off a history . the tone of the film have a curious madcap quality that i find more irritating than fun . be not empathetic with anyone . and the great citizen kane polish off the relationship between davy and heart in a much more convincing way . in the cat meow be not ever sure of davy motif for be with hearst . as soon a be tell one thing and she off do the other . and be we to believe that davy be the love of chaplain life . or be he just try to cockold one of america most powerful and apparently moronic citizen . the film never make it clear . what be convince be the production value . there a glorious recreation of the yacht and period costume . i get more out of look at the construction of some of the lapel on the men jacket than follow a story that libel many of the the most well know personality in hollywood history . no one will remember that the screenplay be pure fiction . the disclaimer that frame the film only make it all the more tentative and unsatisfying . the performer can not be fault and although meg tilly go way past parody here . kirsten dunst never disappoints . she give the most sincere performance in a sea of scenery chewing . only joanna lumley rise above the material and but so much so that she seem to be distance herself from the whole enterprise rather than narrate it . one of her first line be and i be not here . and i be sure she wish she wasn not . this isn not on par with bogdanovich trashy and so bad it good at long last love . it perch on attempt something serious and but hesitates and stumble chiefly because it so full of bitterness towards the beast name hollywood . this be national enquirer filmmaking . and it not only soil the name of those who the film place on board the oneida that weekend and but the audience get pretty dirty a well .