Just because the subject matter of the film attempts to address the shallowness of popular culture's fixation with glamour, violence, and romance, doesn't mean it does it successfully. Sometimes, as I believe is the case with AB, it simply points the finger at it, without giving us any insights. In that sense, I find it exploitative, rather than illuminating.

BTW, there is a pretty strong undercurrent--a lurid sort of threat of violence that is always present in AB, IMO. And of course, I wouldn't dismiss the obvious violence in it nearly as cavalierly as you have Jack. But you and I don't agree about this film, so perhaps we should just leave it at that.