I can't say I didn't enjoy this movie, but it's definitely not all it was cracked uup to be. I found it interesting, appropriate to the subject matter. I was very interested in all the diverse characters, and the acting. Jeffery Wright really did carry the movie, up to par with his talent. But there was something off about it, and I have to attribute that to the director. We discussed it at dinner and both of us agreed there was something, what. She said she thought the portrayal of how stupid white people are, and she very well knows how stupidly racist they can be, was overdone. I said I thought it seemed kind of sketchy, even cartoonish in the satirical humor. There was something I can only call flat about the production, not bad, but not actually something that draws you into how expectably great the movie supposedly is. It was, I think, more like an idea of a movie, rather than actually realized. All ingredients: Alzheimer's mom, gay brother, venal publishers and movie producer, were thrown into the mix, but more like a pastiche than a really effective satire. The ending part, so disappointing to many reviewers, was just an inept attempt to meta the story. Better luck next time to the director.