Why so much hype?

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Erratic comedy series, but the episode when the hotel is over-booked and inhabitants are transferred from one room to the other to avoid clashes is one of the funniest comedy episodes I have ever seen. At the end of the series, the makers seem to have run out of ideas, so the last few episodes, including the Bryan Ferry guest appearance episode, are not up to the standard of the rest of the series. The episode with Bryan Ferry in it was actually quite boring. Bryan Ferry seems surprisingly to have a lack of charisma as an actor and proves to be no better actor (but no worse, either) than Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley.

Brian Ferry proves by his notable appearance as himself that he has a great potential as an actor. It would have been a great career, having David Bowie's "rock'n'roll dandy" charm and charisma and that certain something, Rupert Everet seems to be still looking for.