Humour based around the excesses of the film industry is over-familiar and not particularly well delivered. A further plot strand about her getting breast enhancements struggles to sustain itself, but at least contributes something to the film's musing on the interaction of fantasy and reality there is unexplored potential here.īy contrast, the film director strand is rather stilted, with Bernal never getting the chance to show what he's capable of. There's also erotic humour to be found in her occupation, which is at its most effective when downplayed.

Pill is the strongest presence and is aided by a dramatic subplot about drug smuggling which, despite being clumsily handled towards the end, at least creates a sense of energy. With competent actors and a strong, if not particularly original, central idea, Zoom has the chance to do great things, but it all falls rather flat as the need to interweave the three story strands interferes with their natural pacing. A chain or events spirals outwards from this, threatening to destroy them all. These realities intersect in happy ignorance until, in a stroke of spite, Emma decides to drastically reduce he size of Edward's penis. His film is about Michelle (Mariana Ximenes), a model turned novelist who is writing a book about Emma. She's creating a story about her ideal man, Edward (an animated Gael García Bernal), who is a film director trying to leave his action career behind him and create art. Emma (Alison Pill) decorates realdolls for a living and moonlights as a comic book artist.

Zoom movie 2015