I was a huge fan of the popular HBO series, "Entourage". I watched every single episode until it was cancelled back in September 2011 after 8 seasons (Season 8 was clearly rushed and only lasted 7 episodes). I was sad to see the show end so abruptly, so of course I saw the movie! The movie picks up where the TV series ended. Every episode of "Entourage" was an hour long, so this was basically just an extra long episode of the original series, because this film barely lasted an hour and half. I would've liked to see more details included in the movie too. The film cuts from "Ari Gold" quitting his job as head of the studio, straight to the Golden Globe Awards, where many REAL celebrities appeared on the red carpet, making "Vincent Chase" seem like a real celebrity.
However, it never shows whether or not "Vince" won any awards for directing AND starring in his new movie, titled "Hyde".... The only person we see win an a Golden Globe is "Drama" for "Best Supporting Actor" in the movie "Hyde", which "Vince" created. The movie doesn't show "Vince" win an award or give a speech like I expected. Plus, it only shows 60 seconds of his "masterpiece", and even that looked lame. Once again, the ending felt incredibly rushed and ended abruptly (just like the TV series did!). Maybe because it's the same director as the "Entourage" series, Doug Ellin.
The first half of the film was funny and had that classic "Entourage" style, but the movie suddenly skips a bunch of details and rushes through the Golden Globe Awards at the end, which is an important, pivotal part of the movie. After all, the entire movie is about whether or not "Vincent Chase" is successful at acting and directing, and whether or not his movie, "Hyde" is a box office hit. The fact that Doug Ellin left that out of the film, makes no sense and leaves a huge gap in the story-line. It never shows the resolution of the asshole, movie financier from Texas and his redneck son. How did they fund the rest of "Vince's" movie? Doesn't half the movie belong to Billy Bob Thornton's character anyway?? It also never shows what happened with that Army guy that threatened "Vince" during lunch. It's just lazy storytelling and it pretty much ruined the entire film for me. There are rumors of a 2nd "Entourage" movie set to release in the near future and hopefully it will be much better! I give this new, film adaptation of "Entourage" a 5/ 10.
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