What exactly was the point? For the first hour it didn't seem so bad and it made me wonder why the critics panned it. But it went downhill fast after that and became so far fetched it must have tested all the actors' skill to do this one with a straight face. Steve Martin needs to stick to comedy,and Helena Bonham Carter should get back in her corset, we've seen enough of her. A talented cast was wasted on this. The ending made me wonder if this wasn't just an attempt to spoof film noir. If so, they should not have packaged it as a comedy. No one seems sure of the genre, it's often listed as a comedy and a drama..(?) Films which try to mix genres often fail in my opinion. The audience is left confused and disappointed...
