tom wolfe sprawling and brilliantly observe satiric novel of life among new york snobbery get a glossy look here but be nevertheless not well serve . the film suffers not merely from the miscasting of everyman tom hank a an uncaring yuppie and kewpie doll melanie griffith a a manipulative southern belle and bruce willis ( . ) a the darling of new york literati . the most serious miscasting be in the director chair . robert altman might have breathe life into these unlikeable character and make them interest and but brian de palma and for all of his visual sophistication and have never have an eye for the nuance of the human experience . the resulting film look good but seem blah toward it subject of dehumanization in favor of status . honestly and if a satire do not make the viewer angry and what be the point .