Amsterdam is the odd experience where the sum of the parts is less than the parts. A counter intuitive waste of talents great and famous (though not necessarily both in many cases).

Christian Bale is doing his best to channel Kosmo Kramer physically and a passable American accent. Margot Robbie tries to do an American accent that doesn't sound like Harley Quinn and is about 50% successful half of the time. Chris Rock is Chris Rock doing Chris Rock (although I found myself wishing Will Smith would show up to give the performance a boost). John David Washington is the best of the cast and offers a nuanced performance that is much better than the material. The rest of the cast is there, hitting their marks and delivering their lines to little effect.

The script is a hot mess that jumps all over the place and never finds a functional narrative. The direction is even worse.

So what works in this movie? The costumes are great. The soundtrack is good. Taylor Swift's character is killed off...and not for the amateurish acting which would at least give her death meaning. The best thing about this movie is the end credits are in focus. That's it.

One star only because zero isn't an option.