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I understand the sarcasm, symbolism and satire behind the movie... but it simply is NOT funny and certainly is not entertaining. In fact, I'm shocked any of these (otherwise) great actors agreed to be in such a ridiculous film. It is appallingly bad. The story is boring and the hollow characters lack any substance whatsoever. The not-so-subtle references repeatedly thrown in the face of the viewer insinuate that we are ignorant and need to have our hands held to understand the complexity of nepotism in the workplace and the prominence of personal favors in our faulty political system. The entire movie is insulting to our intelligence and did I mention it is incredibly BORING? A complete waste of time that I will never get back. Consider this as my way of paying it forward and (hopefully) saving someone else from making the same mistake I did. If you want a comical, thought-provoking and entertaining political satire, watch The Campaign with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis. Much better storyline with actual humor included.

It's as if they fast forwarded parts of the movie and forgot to tell us. The timeline went from 2 days without sleep to *suddenly* 4 days without sleep. The mom was supposed to be tough and smart but she kept making one bad decision after the other. There were SO many plot holes ... I can't believe Netflix got behind this movie. Kudos to the actress who played Matilda though... her acting was actually believable. The actress who played her mom, Jill, was trying WAY too hard to sell her character in a storyline that didn't deserve it. All in all, it was a HUGE waste of time. Don't bother watching it... unless, of course, you are having trouble sleeping yourself. In that case, this movie will easily help you get some much needed sleep in no time!