The semiserious comedy by director Sven Pape is in its own category, and unfortunately it's not always an interesting one.

Ethan and Lenny's story is silly, good-natured and full of unlikely moves, just like the titular twister.

The film offers no new insights into its people or into the dynamics of the Hollywood machine -- the whole affair, played for low-intensity laughs, is numbingly familiar.

In trying to qualify as mordant satire, charming rom-com, uplifting buddy movie about underdogs trying to stick it to the man and the most meta story ever told, L.A. Twister sprains itself badly.

Serves up a silly story and clunky dialogue that gets better than it deserves from Jennifer Aspen as Lenny's would-be girlfriend.

It's the solipsistic, obvious, misogynistic, and occasionally redeeming tale.