This isn't as outstanding as I thought it would be - I had hyped this up in my head pretty high, unfortunately. That's what happens when any movie is fairly compared an equal to 8½. Some hail Day for Night as Truffaut's masterpiece, but from a director who also made The 400 Blows and Jules and Jim? No way.

Day For Night is surprisingly slight. It's not a very challenging or adventurous movie, at least from first glance. It's both…