THE INTERVIEW

Dave Skylark and producer Aaron Rapoport run the celebrity tabloid show “Skylark Tonight.” When they land an interview with a surprise fan, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, they are recruited by the CIA to turn their trip to Pyongyang into an assassination mission. –IMDB

At the heart of this movie there is the potential for clever satire. The problem is that the script writers can’t resist wrapping it in excessively crude humour (which is not funny). It’s a shame, because a better writer could have done something with Seth Rogen’s story idea. I suppose we shouldn’t expect much from Rogen as all his movies seem to be pretty much the same style. There are a few funny moments but, overall, the movie doesn’t live up to the hype it has received as a result of the media attention following the cyber-hack on Sony. Give it a miss unless you really must see what everyone is talking about. It is available on a number of video on demand services and is being released in various cinemas.