Steve Buscemi, likeable cult figure in his incarnation as a quick-talking cerebral weasel in 120 films, mostly in the supporting ranks, puts himself centre-stage in his fifth directorial work as yet another cerebral weasel. Sienna Miller, as the coquettish and nervy starlet being interviewed by Buscemi's journalist, is also basically playing her public image, and therein lie both the strengths and weaknesses of this stage-bound duologue. It's fun for a while following the manoeuvres of their psychological chess game, as the primadonna and noncompliant interviewer are forced to engage with each other, but it spins into the realm of the overly contrived before too long, as their jousting takes precedence over lifelike characterisation. To be filed alongside Richard Linklater's Tape.5/10
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