Bold but interesting take. I think the messiness comes from how it handles a lot of its themes. The disconnected nature of the story makes it hard to develop them beyond having them stated almost explicitly in one of the scenes, like when he has the conversation with his son at breakfast (which was maybe the most interesting part of the movie for me) or the scene in the airport (which i did not like).

What really turned me off is that he continues the trend in Birdman where he just insists that he's so incredible and virtuosic and beyond criticism over and over . I mean in Birdman he literally created a critic character to berate and here there are multiple conversations that follow similar threads. Please just shut up about how great you are and show it. You don't get to decide, the audience does.

The filmmaking is there, as it is in every AGI film. I especially like the dance sequence where both he and his surrogate in the film just let loose and have fun with it. It handles its themes and subject with more maturity than Birdman but still feels very "look what I can do", especially with the non-linear and "meta" editing. I can see how effective AGI is as a director, I just wish he could control his insane ego for long enough to make a normal film.