Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

chengrml I have watched this movie 4 or 5 times on HBO However, it was only after noticing one or two scenes that looked somehow familiar first viewing that we realized it was the Green Light movie project. The films title wasn't mentioned very much in the Greenlight series..it was just "the film"The critics of this movie seem to be Greenlight Runners Up who failed to get the award. Since all their comments have nothing to do with the movie but are a critique surrounding its creation. The plot scenario is hilarious,.... the British humor is where I grew up.Lots of sour grapes in rotten tomatoes.,

bobcozzi The other review are spot-on, the movie has an entertainment value of 1 to 1.5 (on a scale of 5). The production values are very good. The acting is so very well delivered that it is too bad the script was empty and unimportant.What's odd is that in watching Project Greenlight, you know that the Director shot countless retakes to get the dialog delivered just right, and the editing shows that--they took the best Takes and incorporated into the film. The bad news is it wouldn't have mattered if they did 1 or 10,000 Takes, the dialogue is empty and pointless and basically didn't even make a story. There was really no beginning, middle or end, and the lead Female Role never really went anywhere. The casting and acting (not to repeat myself) were wonderful, however. They deserve a metal for showing up after reading the script.At the end it wasn't about how the film looked or how well it was acted it was about Story. This script actually makes me think it was written by a pretentious 2nd Year High School student. I should point out that in my view, fart and poop jokes are not funny and haven't been funny since most of us were 9 years old. Sadly, they weren't the only non-funny lines in this movie.

JoshuaDysart I think that once a little time has separated THE LEISURE CLASS from the trumped up drama and cheap "reality" of Project Green Light, the film will be treated a little more fairly.Not that it's a good film. It mostly isn't. The whole first half is filled with unearned character motivations, plagued by pacing problems and tedious to the point of boredom, particularly anytime Tom Bell is talking. Bell's character is almost insufferable. An alcoholic so destructive to any social situation he's in that he must be mentally I'll. This could be seen as a pretty ambitious character for a social satire, except that it's all meaningless, which is most evident when he turns out to be a good guy in tune with his flaws for the tidy ending. So the bell character ends up neither being enjoyable nor consistent.Where the film does deserve some credit is in its thematic ambition, its mean spirit and... the hunting room. Now this is the scene everyone complains about the most, but it's the only part of the movie that actually worked on a substantive level for me. Once the tone of the film grows darker and the cast descends into the basement the film tilts towards the brilliant. This is in large part due to the amazing performance by Bruce Davison. To be fair, Davison is the only actor with a real character to work with in this film. A character that's been hiding his true ugly-resentful-misogynist nature all along. He is the leisure class. Corrupt, selfish and old- world to a fault. And as he reveals himself, Davison gives it his all, almost saving the movie for me. But don't worry, after that it's pretty much back to its sloppy ways as it rushes towards an unearned resolution.A side note, Bridget Regan turns in a strong performance that lives almost entirely in her subtle reactions, mostly because she doesn't have a lot to work with.

jerpete-1 The central issue of how The Leisure Class might have been better has nothing to do with all the drama depicted on Project Greenlight. The central issue is the time structure of having the story take place on a single afternoon/night. Funny how none of the cooks stirring the broth brought up this problem. As it plays out, how does the audience know Charles/Thomas is a con man? If we were given some background from the months leading up to the wedding, it would give us time to figure it out. Instead we just see him reacting to his brother's arrival like he's a walking turd without knowing why. Like the storyline, the film seems compressed; scenes needed more time to breathe. For instance, it seems like mere seconds pass between when the characters show up uninvited to a party and when they go skinny-dipping in the pool. Which would make Leonard not the only thoughtless cad. Between the show and the film, ironies abound. Jason Mann is obsessed with shooting on film, even though the movie is destined for the small screen on HBO. Effie Jones is obsessed with diversity, and then the movie has none on screen. (One wonders if the black extra who was originally going to be depicted as a chauffeur would have preferred having a job that depicts him in a servant role, which Effie vetoed, to not having a job at all.) Mann is selected as the winning director, but was supposed to be filming a different script, which even he knew he wasn't right for. If I were one of the competing finalists, I'd be p.o.'d. As in, hey, why couldn't I have pitched MY script?