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For a film released on a subscription service like Netflix, there sure was an obscene amount of publicity hype. I believe it was because everyone knew this film had one week to gather views before the word of mouth killed it.

I am a huge fan of conceptual films. I even thought the Warhol character was played by Jim Jarmusch (not Daniel Levy). What Seinfeld has made is an Easter egg loaded with personal jokes. I'm 54 and from Michigan, so I get many of the cultural cereal references, but my kid just stared blankly.

Seinfeld knows how to connect with people, but he lacked a writing partner who could bring the story down to earth long enough to make it funny.

Many good set ups in this film, not enough landed.

This film has lots of buzz but it's like a tire with a leak, it gets flatter the longer it goes.

Each of the cast has had their moment in the limelight, but putting them together turns into a lame rehashed string of dated observational jokes woven together by a plot that wouldn't have made it to the 12:30 - 1 slot on Saturday Night Live.

I hope they got paid well. I feel bad for Tina Frey for agreeing to do a cameo.

As the parent of two Montessori children, I can tell you that this mirrors almost every parent's contribution to exercises like the one in this short.

Instead of spending a lot of time reading some philosophical review, just go watch it on Prime Video. It's 10 minutes long.