albert brook be funny . a good comedic actor and voice over talent . some of the funny scene involve mr. brook . but what a total piece of doodoo be this . why . 1. pretentious . i hate movie that show people live perfect and rich lifestyle with syrupy family . how many shot of albert drive a $ 75k black mercedes to his mansion in bh do we need . 2. shameless cameo by middle age bloated actor . gee and aren not i cool . i be make a movie about the movie business and wan na do a walk on . we will nosh after ward . don not schwitz it . 3. sharon stone . be there a more selfish and untalented actress who force her way on to the screen that this lady . yeesh . she stink a an actress and her look be the kind of scary and barren ice queen variety that remind me of a parasite who suck the life force out of stupid men in porsche . hideous choice . 4. the story . gee and do i care that a hollywood screenwriter be have writer block and can not crank out the same drivel and trash that be make america even dumber so he can support his completely vapid and boring and lazy trophy wife ( nothing against andie mcdowell just talk about the story line kid ) . not to mention the weak 2nd story line of his wife become a cookie make sensation . wow how novel . another yenta wife of a rich hollywood star make cooky . write a cookbook . wow . how super . never mind that it happen in second . never mind that try to sell a new chocolate chip cookie in a completely saturated market would be hard than achieve cold fusion in your garage . anyhoo . 5. albert brook be one arrogant guy . he love to be the smart guy in the room and doesn not he . he think he einstein . yeah and i know . 6. do i mention how completely selfish and arrogant and phony and unsympathetic the character and the entire situation be . just check . if you want to see albert brook at his best and see defend your life and lose in america and broadcast news or find nemo . but forget the muse . unless you want to waste over an hour watch obnoxiously insipid rich people cavort around la whine about their little club of film make member . ha ha ha . not .