I guess this is supposed to be a satire on Hollywood making a film in a small town, but it's more of a self-satire on Mamet's own very tired & overdone one-note schtick. This movie is so uneven, goes all over the place from moment to moment, scene to scene. The acting (what there is of it, because as in most Mamet productions, there's a lot of postured readings instead of acting) is like something from a school play rehearsal. Poor Alec Baldwin is supposed to be a star but looks like a baggy villain out of a Chaplin movie. If this movie is supposed to be a put-down of the Hollywood system, it fails miserably. I makes one yearn for blockbuster special-effects. Should be rated Zero.
Review of State and Main
