. be the only way to describe this movie about subject that should be surefire represent scandal and sex and celebrity and power . kirsten dunst grin her way through her role a silent movie star marion davy like she think she in legally blonde . the guy who play william randolph hearst overact to the point where you want to reach into the screen and slap him . eddie izzard be pretty good and except that he play charlie chaplin and and be about and oh and 125 lb too heavy for the part . hard to believe this hamfisted and uneven wreck be direct by peter bogdanovich and but then again and he hasn not make a watchable movie in and what . 30 year . sometimes and there just no come back .