I was really liking forward to this film since I grew up in LA and I'm Tarantino's age. Film had great set design, but there was no real story other than the final 20 minutes. To get there you need to sit through 2 hours of contrived fluff strung together to showcase the cool set design of the era. The dialogue was weak. Throwing in the cute kid and the cute dog was simply lame. Having us sit through Leo as a failing drunk on the set of a Wanamaker film did nothing other than punish the viewer. This film was on the level of a high school or college mind with a big budget and crew. Thought it was an homage to LA when LA was cool and hip and happening. The Artist did a much better job of paying homage to the film industry as did Altman's The Player. ABC's The Fall Guy did a better job. This film sucked and did a weak job of capturing LA.