It's not that 'The Amateurs' was bad -- how could it be? Just look at that list of names above: Bridges, Danson, Fichtner, Nelson, include Joey 'Pants' Pantoliano and personal crush Judy Greer ('Arrested Development's Kitty).
But, man. With two years on the shelf (it was completed in 2005), you would think someone might have been able to, pardon the expression, bring this to a much more satisfying climax.
There are bright moments in this tale of a sleepy, no-name town that decides to bond together over making a porno (yes, apparently Yard Sales are so yesterday).
It all sounds much crazier than anything on screen, which really feels like a neutered attempt at one of those bawdy-but-sweet British film like The Full Monty or Calendar Girls.
It's shy when it should have flirted. It's toothless when it should have a shit-eating grin from ear to ear. And, perhaps most deadly, when it should, ahem, rise to the occasion...it's rather flaccid.