Pube-headed professional white boy Justin Timberlake has had his ‘acting’ debut universally panned by critics.

Timberlake – a man so lacking in personality he could work in Wetherspoons – took on the task of extending his acting talons in Edison, in which he slips not-so-expertly into the shoes of "a cub reporter exposing police corruption."

And – according to reports – Justin’s primary-school readthrough of a performance is nothing short of rubbish.

Variety magazine – kings of insider Hollywood gossip and bizarre slang-driven headlines – likened poor Justin Timberlake (CDs) to "a reporter from Seventeen magazine." The Hollywood Reporter was a little kinder, referring to this thespian non-endeavour as being "green but earnest".

It’s not as if Timberlake can hide his awfulness (Keanu Reeves-style) by surrounding himself with wonderful distractions. The whole cast of Edison have all been given the journalistic equivalent of a hooded-mob happy slapping – no mean feat when you realise that it consists of Oscar-guzzling luminaries like Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman.

Just to recap, then: Edison is "a star-studded dud of a B-picture" that reels out "a parade of cliches" with "enough posturing to start up a chiropractic clinic".

Still. Probably not as bad as Revolver.

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[story by C J Davies]