too many stars for my liking. every time a new one shows up-- which is about every ten minutes-- you get pulled out of the movie. it was like watching an episode of TMZ. fergie and kidman were especially unnecessary. like dude above said, the story was inconsequential. it was a thin string to tie all the various musical numbers together. i thought kate hudson had the best musical number, but her acting is meh. the music got better towards the end, and marion cotilard is great. overall, it didn't work for me. wifey loved it though.