In this amusing, intelligent, well-acted picture, Paul Giamatti, playing a troubled actor called Paul Giamatti currently appearing in Uncle Vanya, goes to a New York surgery called Soul Storage and exchanges his soul for that of a Russian artist. It's a combination of the Faust legend, John Frankenheimer's Seconds and Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich, but curiously flimsy.Philip Frenchguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds