Something must be wrong with me, because there was no way Bradley Cooper could have convinced me of his almost A-list status. Despite his sculpted I-got-this-tan-in-Malibu visage, his blazing blue eyes and perfect biceps, this guy was annoying. And then I saw "Limitless" and decided that my gut instinct had been right. A woman can travel 1,000 miles and still not run into someone so patently insincere as Bradley Cooper.
On the other hand, "Limitless" is silly and fun. Certainly there's a fantasy escape element here for the writers among us (more on that later).
Cooper plays Eddie Morra, who hails from New Jersey, is approaching middle age and still hasn't finished that novel that would make him millions and land him a movie contract. But Eddie manages to live in a Manhattan apartment (OK, it's in Chinatown, but the rent's still colossal over there) with his pretty blonde girlfriend, Lindy (Abbie Cornish). He gets up at noon, bar-hops to heal his aching soul and cultivates the Allen Ginsberg look, with disheveled locks and facial hair.