In Interview, tabloid joke Sienna Miller more than convinces that she can carry a film, which bodes well for the upcoming Factory Girl. She's the definition of lovely, and far outshines this poorly scripted remake of slain Dutch director Theo van Gogh's 2003 film of the same name.
The bulk of the film takes place in the huge SoHo loft owned by Katya, the TV celebrity played by Miller. Director Steve Buscemi co-stars as Pierre, a journalist pissed he's been assigned a celebrity fluff piece instead of a breaking Beltway story, and his lack of enthusiasm leads Katya to walk out of the interview. Pierre jumps in a cab, but when the driver rear-ends a truck because he's ogling Katya, Katya takes pity on his bleeding head and invites him inside for an icepack and some very expensive Scotch. What follows is the kind of cat-and-mouse dialogue game whose only purpose is to provide the actors with meaty soliloquies of the "deepest darkest secret" variety.
Pierre and Katya bicker, dance, flirt, kiss, weep, and lie, but the story never offers any compelling dramatic reason for their conversation to continue. Katya wants Pierre to leave, so she doesn't kick him out. "I don't know why I'm still talking to you." It's a question the story never answers--and this is such a basic screenwriting gaffe that it's infuriating.
The satire falls flat as well. The movie can't make up its mind if Katya is Tara Reid, Sarah Jessica Parker or Kristin Cavallari, but none of these actresses inhabit the same universe. If Katya is such a big TV star, with a show on Fox, why is she in the 4th installment of a slasher franchise? It makes no sense at all.
Miller gives a charismatic performance that's a lot of fun to watch, but Buscemi is dour, even repellent at times, and they don't have much chemistry at all. Despite its pedigree and curious origins, Interview is a big waste of time--Miller's most of all.
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