One of the more interesting parts of the advertising campaign for this movie is that it tries to blame the negative response and lack of U.S. distributor on John Lennon fans boycotting the film on principle.
This seems absurd mostly because that sort of controversy tends to be nothing but good news for a film - all except for poorly constructed vanity projects like this one. Yeah, Leto gained 60 pounds for "Chapter 27", and he definitely looks it. And you heard right, Lindsay Lohan's in it too, even though her role's a throwaway and she looks like she stepped right out of 2006. But the whole thing reeks of a couple of famous actors trying to boost their serious-role cred in a vacuum of a film.
Though I'm as big a Lennon/Beatle fan as the next person, I thought the controversy was idiotic and there had to be a good reason for this film to have gotten made. An incredible script, maybe, or a promising director. Sadly, the thing is basically a 90 minute vacuum, with zero insight, cliched cinematography/editing, a bare-bones plot and plenty of Leto hamming it up while Lohan sits around posing. There is nothing provocative other than the concept, just a bland, confusing movie about a bland, confused guy.