Pacino tries hard in empty celebrity tale

Director: Daniel Algrant

Cast: Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, Ryan O'Neal, Tea Leoni

Cert: 18

The only thing to make this ghastly film worth watching is Pacino.

He plays a struggling, has-been publicity man, longing for one last shot at the golden target of headlines and clients getting their photographs taken.

There are various sub-plots thrown in to make the audience think, but they are so thin that it doesn't take long.

Tripe, however dressed-up it looks, is still tripe and no amount of stars can disguise it.

This is an episodic story of empty celebrity and the chasing of it. It doesn't work on any level.

Star Rating: 1/5