Film Review: Entourage

ENTOURAGE
Director: Doug Ellen
Screenplay by Doug Ellen and Rob Weiss
Starring: Every one in Hollywood



Vincent Chase, together with his boys Eric, Turtle, and Johnny, are back - and back in business with now studio head Ari Gold on a risky project that will serve as Vince's directorial debut.

Oh boy. When the HBO series Entourage series ended it was already running on fumes and this film I imagine was made to give it a spark. Well, no, it is still running on fumes. The film is sectioned off into many stories and most of these stories are not interesting. They run Hollywood stars and pro athletes in and out of the film to add laughs and that idea falls flat most of the time (Liam Neeson is literally on the screen for 10 seconds and gives the biggest laugh), in fact when the stars walk through the film it distracts you and takes you away from the movie. Maybe that was the idea..."If we bring in a lot of stars it will distract the viewers from the scattered plot".
Well let me break it down to each characters individual plot:

TURTLE: Jerry Ferrara. He spends the whole movie trying to get a date with fighter Rhonda Rousey. This really does not work. It was not funny and I did not care.
VINCE: Adrian Grenier. Now directing his own movie. He is still loyal to his entourage but he comes across as smug and it is not funny and a little obnoxious. So he is trying to finish this film however he needs more money, so now he has to deal with a financier's son (Haley Joel Osment, yes that one). Yeah, it kinda works, but falls flat at the end.
ERIC: Kevin Connolly. Is going to have a baby with his on again off again partner Sloan (Emmanuelle Chirqui). Connolly does not have much to do. Plus, he really looks like he wanted no parts of this film. In fact he looks bored.
JOHNNY DRAMA: Kevin Dillon. Has some really funny lines and is much more interesting than the other members of the entourage. Still, his character is in the same place he was on HBO every season. Desperate for success, and now he is looking old and it comes across as pathetic and a little sad.
ARI GOLD: Jeremy Piven. Piven and his character are great!!! He could have his own movie!! It is fun to watch him as the studio head, one point walking with confidence, another point kissing ass, and another point throwing telephones. Ari is so funny and interesting, when he is not on the screen the film dies.


Other than Piven, there really is not much here to see or laugh at. As a whole, the film comes across as tired and scattered, not put together or fully formed. 2 1/2 stars out of 5. They should have made a film just called ARI!


From the shadows as always thanks for your time.