This is actually a stunning film. But I feel a little background knowledge of the film would have helped me viewing of it instead of me questioning its validity whether it was actually based on truth or not whilst engaged in some of the more surreal scenes. Don't worry, no spoilers.
For those that don't know, and I assume this applies to most outsider to the US, this film is actually based on an unauthorised autobiography of Chuck Barris. The creator of hit games shows The Dating Game (the original Blind Date) but he claims on the side he worked as a CIA contract killer.
I think he's a nutter and highly delusional but I'll probably never know for sure. That makes the individual viewer able to believe what they want and adds to the mystique of the movie.
That's all I'm giving you. Watch this film. I would bet opinions on it would split a room as much as marmite would.
