Rotten Tomatoes Score: 7% (3.2/10) Why Critics Hated It: David O. Russell's single critically-panned movie to date got caught up in financial red tape mid-production, and after languishing in development hell for years (it started shooting in 2008), was edited into oblivion and released without Russell's content, resulting in this rancid slop that is the final product. Even so, it's hard to defend Russell much, because there's just no indication at all that he could've made a great or even decent film out of it. The performances are off, the tone is all over the place, it would've felt out of date even if it came out by 2009 as originally planned, and the political satire is pretty heavy-handed. Russell was at least allowed to have his name taken off the film officially, and it's just as well, even if he should shoulder some of the blame for what got served up.
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