I watched this film when it came out in 2013 but recently re-watched it and was surprised at how bad it is. I think at the time it had a shock appeal which it no longer has in 2023.

Positives...the occasional funny moment...some interesting editing, e.g. The Popeye cartoon and the fairly accurate 80's grading on the infomercial sections...and its a big budget film so it has lavish sets...

But apart from that it is an over compressed childish mess from start to finish-it has no space or nuance, the script is very repetitive, the story is extremely weak and overall the acting is nauseatingly overdone.

It just shouts at you for 3 hours and expects you to be shocked by individual scenes of drugs and sex, from one unto the other until it reaches a very unsatisfactory and confusing outcome. If I was an actor looking back at all those the scenes of hollering and shouting in the office-70% of the film-I'd be embarrassed to have been part of them.

There is no contrast in the film; not one likeable character, nor is there a character you hate, revile or envy, its just an irritating flat block that will actually steal something precious from you-3 hours of your life.