Silly, happy, with a smile on its face and a song in its heart, it is just trying to make people laugh. At no point in its 88-minute runtime are we intended to take its ridiculous story seriously.

The result is a goofy, and surprisingly heartfelt, ode to old Hollywood, with tons of references and in-jokes that will go over the heads of not only kids, but a lot of adults, too.

The focus, as expected, is on warmed-over wisecracks and lots of chaotic action where you can’t really see what’s going on.

It is a decently made version of the same story that has already been made hundreds of times. Just because it is based on a true story doesn’t mean it isn’t also extremely derivative.