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I got the Curb-esque fix I was looking for.

Larry David is WAY too insufferable to carry an entire movie... I can barely sit through one "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode, intermittently funny though it may be. David is pretty much the least funny thing in this--except when he's being annoyed or humiliated, of course. Even Kate Hudson is funnier. Hamm's comedic abilities, on the other hand, are vastly underrated... the movie needed more of him. And... Liev Schreiber!

Pretty much an extended episode of "Curb Your Enthusiasm", as Larry pretty much plays the same character here (i.e., playing himself) complete with Larry's trademark acting nuances.

Curb your enthusiasm developed into a film

Rather bland TV comedy from the director of Superbad and Adventureland - both which I liked quite a lot. It's biggest asset is the cast which contains a lot of familiar faces and has Michael Keaton right before his comeback with "Birdman".

Larry David does Larry David things, except in a feature length setting. If you weren't already a fan of Curb or Seinfeld then this won't change your opinion of him. Fortunately I'm a huge fan of seinfeld, but definitely leans more towards Curb, which much like the movie I've found to be extremely hit or miss. The casting is really good and overall I found it to be enjoyable, but this style of comedy is probably better suited to the half-hour format.

It's its own movie with its own story, and Larry David plays a character other than himself, but it's still basically his Larry David persona and the text is completely based on the Curb Your Enthusiasm brand of humor. It's funny and I recommend it, though it may have lost a little steam as it went, and I'm not sure if I liked the ending that much.

A lot of the bit parts are good here, but the through-line and leads just aren't interesting or funny enough.

Larry David plays Larry David in what feels - in essence, at the very least - like an overlong episode from one of the more recent series of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Towards the end you start to realise what potential the characters and story have, alas the laughs are few and far between, with too much of the improvised dialogue failing to hit the mark. It's got a pleasant atmosphere, and is almost passable, but there are just far too many flat scenes to justify a watch.