4.5; I would've given five stars if not for the ending; then again maybe its banality was intended exactly as a mockery on McKee? (not sure if I should keep on reading McKee's book after watching this film...) The ultimate meta-cinema. Every material used (including, and especially the self-loathing part) is from this world, yet when Kaufman pieces them together into a film it turns out to be so bizarre and out of this world.