The Interview

So The Interview is not quite Team America as far as controversy goes.

The uproar surrounding the film appears a little blown out of proportion after watching it.

Yes, there are the odd questionable moments (there's a Hitler comparison in the opening minute) and you wouldn't want it to be about you but it's far more sympathetic, realistic (kind of) and certainly less stereotypical than Team America.

James Franco and Seth Rogen are again the drivers of the movie and like everything they've ever done their chemistry is insatiable.

Franco is a goony TV host and some cameos at the beginning of the film are laugh out loud hilarious (a certain rap legend being the best).

In fact quite a lot of the early jokes really stick and it's more belly-laugh funny than some of their previous films.

It soon descends into slapstick and silliness though towards the end. It's ludicrous and preposterous (Kim Jong-Un is a camp, Katy Perry singing, Margarita swigging caricature) but you'll keep giggling throughout.

Not Rogen and Franco's best (nowhere near in fact) but worth a watch to see what all the fuss was about.

3 stars ***