Great fun to see Stone vs. Thompson, and glorious design in costumes and art direction; but the film is lacking emotion and feel-good moments, and is something of a cold affair as it centres on revenge, doesn't have enough friendship / romance / warmth. What's really off-putting also is the CGI dogs all over the place and the endless library of pop songs - I think I counted bits of six of them within the first thirteen minutes, and the supporting players don't make much of an impression.
The script - by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara, from a story by Aline Brosh McKenna, Kelly Marcel and Steve Zissin - is largely to blame.
With Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, John McCrea (as 'Artie' whose character doesn't really add anything), Mark Strong, Kayvan Novak (another pointless character), Emily Beecham. DP Nicholas Karakatsanis, editing Tatiana Riegel, production design Fiona Crombie, stunning costumes by Jenny Beavan. Some nice bits of London.
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