one can not help think director foley be a director without much in the way of confidence himself . a sure sign of someone know they lack confidence in day to day life be for them to disguise this by put up a loud front thereby hide whatever inadequacy they feel they may have . perhaps the director feel the world may have something against him because he once direct the long forgotten madonna star vehicle who that girl . possibly i do not know and but he direct confidence in an entirely fast paced way and rather like mtv meet the coen brother which may give audience member a potential headachedespite the directing which come across a garish and shallow be leave with a movie that be let down by the script and one can not help think the screenplay be what cause the director to look for scorsese casino for inspiration . no one can dispute the dialogue be foul mouth and perhaps too much so but be the character and situation and dialogue quirky or be everything unconvincing . consider i only give this movie four out of ten it not too difficult to understand what i thought of it . one of the bad movie that have star hoffman .