movie review

JAY KELLY

Running time: 132 minutes. Rated R (language). In theaters Nov. 14; On Netflix Dec. 5.

If you were to cut all utterances of the words “Jay” and “Kelly” and all mentions of the pitfalls of fame out of the movie “Jay Kelly,” it would last five minutes.

Alas, writer-director Noah Baumbach’s one-note showbiz flick, which is having its local premiere in the New York Film Festival, repeats itself ad nauseam.

“My life doesn’t feel real,” bemoans Jay Kelly, one of the biggest screen stars on the planet, who’s played by George Clooney, one of the biggest screen stars on the planet.

“Is there a person in there? Maybe you don’t actually exist,” echoes his longtime manager Ron (Adam Sandler).

The meh-ta semi-comedy, co-written by Emily Mortimer, even starts with the Sylvi

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