you must be kid . let entertain the possibility that parker posey be really an actress and and not just some entry in the quirk of the month club of actor . really and unless this be mean to be a tongue in cheek satire on david mamet terse and confuse dialog deliver alternately in machine gun rapidity or monotone ( think ben stein ) blandness or a flat out dry comedy while this film have get to be in the running for a rotten tomato award or bad . a if the stiff and uncomfortable posey weren not enough and we have get the stiffer and even more uncomfortable jeff goldblum . there more wood in this film than a toothpick factory . add to this already bizarre casting and be several other role and all populate by forgettable actor and who look or sound like escapee from america next top model and don pardo and or even the kid and who pronounce the word be like bean and which just bring our attention to the fact that there be so little to like about this film and we be analyze his accent to guess if he canadian or not . i think i laugh heartily in place that be suppose to be serious and and take seriously section that be mean to be humorous . even the soundtrack sound like a caricature of alarik jan music for mamet the house of game . if take a a spoof and the film be almost droll while if take seriously and just a self conscious piece of drek .