I'm a huge gameshow fan, so when I saw that there was a movie about Chuck Barris (the buy behind the dating game and the Gong show), I was pretty excited to see it.
I didn't know a lot about the film when I scheduled my TiVo to record it, but I figured CIA + Chuck Barris = Exciting Film.
Was I ever wrong about this one. This film wasn't exciting at all, it was boring and confusing. The limited CIA scenes had limited action and almost no background. One moment you were watching Barris on a date, the next you were trying to figure out who he was killing and why. In the end, the movie's only strength was the character development throughout the film and even that was pretty limited. I especially didn't understand why Julia Roberts or George Cloney was in the film as their performance seemed pretty weak.
Overall, I've got to recommend avoiding this one. It's not the worst film ever, but it's pretty bad.