I liked the movie and did recommend it to several friends. My husband was really disappointed. Ms. Cotillard was the only character who had any soul or believability. Kidman was completely disconnected delivering her usual self-absorbed performance. Daniel Day-Lewis is a genius but was too narcissistic and left me just not caring what happened to him - or his stupid movie. Penelope was sizzling hot and Kate was fun to watch. Fergie was great!! I expected more from the story, even the musical numbers were a bit of a let down. Much more commercial than I expected but I wanted to like it so I did!!