I was looking forward to seeing Synecdoche after Sight and Sound raved about it and admiring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener (Living in Oblivion).  Did it live up to the hype?

Well a game of two halves.

First half very droll and atmospheric and truly impressive; the second half almost a different film once the characters move into the giant warehouse. In the end I was getting bored and wished it was over – was this deliberate to reflect the ennui of the characters? Or just bad directing? Twenty minutes shorter would have been ideal.

Not great but not average.