It's a pungent film about Hollywood power and a useful manual for young producers on how to stay upright in Hollywood or at least, how to lose your soul with grace.

What Just Happened, despite an air of crisis, feels sluggish and plodding.

I don't think it's particularly funny and I think that's the problem with the film. I think it wants to be funny.

The only appeal is watching the long list of celebrities in the cast poke fun at their industry—a small consolation considering how sharp this film could have been.