Hollywoodland

Movie: Hollywoodland (2006)
Watched with: My mom and stepdad

This movie does a terrific job of evoking its period in a way that's continually interesting, but never pulls you away from the characters or action (maybe these people should've made The Great Gatsby...).

I wasn't too keen on either of the leads before, but Ben Afflech makes a surprisingly good George Reeves and Adrien Brody does a good job of keeping his fictional detective likable even when he's being a jerk.

I left the theater kind of unsatisfied. The movie seemed much longer than it needed to be and the ending felt unsatisfying. But now, I'm still thinking about it, and in an increasingly positive light.

Not great, but all around pretty compelling. Worth seeing.

PS: What's up with the title? The "Hollwood" sign lost it's "-land" in the late 40s and the movie's set a decade later.