Outside the entertainment value of watching some of the most recognizable faces in the world act petty over who gets to be in their favorite director’s next film, if there’s any artistic merit that The Audition displays, it’s in the way that it manages to advertise several resorts and their amenities without breaking character. The reason? They’re both competing (or “vying,” as director Scorsese eloquently puts it) for the same role in Scorsese’s next movie and in a humorous fashion, proceed to attempt to one-up each other by proving their knowledge of gambling (DiCaprio clearly has no idea how to play blackjack) and snappy insults. Both unknowingly read the same script, which they quickly hide from one another, only to discover that they’ve both lied to each other about where they’d be. Opening in Manila at the City of Dreams Resort (owned by… you guessed it, Melco Crown Entertainment), the film introduces itself through the arrival of two cars, one driving DiCaprio and the other driving De Niro. Not since Ocean’s Twelve has there been such an impressive collection of good-looking men just hanging out, though, in The Audition, these actors/characters are at each other’s throats in a manner that deftly draws attention to and pokes fun at their individual celebrity statuses. Important to note ahead of viewing The Audition that every recognizable face in the film plays themselves in a delightfully humorous fashion.

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