This story of one producer's contribution to Hollywood's finest period – the late 1960s and 1970s – all packaged like a hyperbolic pitch for a schmaltzy blockbuster. Self-mythologisation has never been so fascinating, and so fun.
Polanksi takes a risk with a cast of non-comedians (Reilly included) for this comedy drama but it pays off as Carnage is funny, tense and full of choice dialogue.