steven soderbergh be a brilliant director and he one that be experimental by heart but when your already establish in the industry these experimental film can be pretty risky . as much a i admire him he fail badly here . this be one of those movie in a movie plot and there be several character that the film follow and all have some sort of connection whether they know it or not . julia roberts play a reporter name catherine and she interview an actor name nicholas but while on his flight he find a love letter and think catherine slip it into his bag . but she deny it and he keep pester her about it all the way to the movie set . here the film shift and we see that catherine and nicholas be really actor name francesca and calvin and that the whole flight be part of a film . meanwhile and a woman name lee ( catherine keener ) be sick of her marriage and write her husband carl ( david hyde pierce ) a letter but he doesn not see it . lee have set up her sister linda ( mary mccormack ) on a blind date with a producer name gu ( david duchovny ) but linda work a a masseuse and have already give gus a massage and agree to an extra 500 dollar for release . linda need the money because she be go to arizona to see a man she meet on the internet . this man be arty ( enrico colantoni ) and he a director and writer of a play about hitler and they have both lie to each other about theyre age . steven soderbergh shot this film with mostly handheld digital camera and in several scene it very difficult to watch the action that take place on the screen . soderbergh usually use these type of camera for his film and he usually a master craftsman with the way his film look and traffic be a beautifully shot film . but this be not and it the type of film that young film director make when they have no money . soderbergh have the experience and knowledge to at least shoot his film in a more professional manner . if your a young fledgling director and so be your cinematographer than we can understand shot and scene be blurry and out of focus . but i do not understand shoot a film like that if you do not have to . script and story be mainly about how thing appear one way on the surface but be different when you look close . the actor that come away from this look the best be mccormack and keener and pierce . theyre ordeal be more understandable and the performance be pretty good . but this be film that just doesn not work and soderbergh attempt at style end up be completely annoy . i give him credit for try something different but he should have know well .