But she turns out to be fantastically good company: witty, engaging and much more interested in talking about current affairs, food and motherhood than trotting out self-serving platitudes.
"This witty, engaging film proves love has its own strange logic," writes The Telegraph's Sukhdev Sandhu, though he adds: "Carrey, in his best performance for a long time, still struggles to rein in his urge to over-gesticulate".
We said: "Last year he beat 50 Cent to the Mobo award for best hip-hop act on the strength of his witty, engaging home-made mixtapes, and the title of his official debut advertises its DIY origins the way other rappers flaunt criminal records".
And @lenadunham is witty and engaging.
And, in any case, Preston is obviously bright and witty and engaging.
He's engaged, witty, informed, opinionated and excellent company.
Just as important, they are generally a blast — witty, exuberant, despairing, engaged, apocalyptic.
Our Beloved Month Of August is a real one-off: eccentric and singular and cerebral: an arthouse event, yes, but also witty and emotionally engaged.
But he's also warm, witty, grounded and engaged; he's keen to know if the Guardian hacked any phones and appears relieved to hear not.
