Comment on Review: 'Entourage' embraces, celebrates Hollywood excess

Fans of the series will feel right at home in the film, which plays like an extended episode on the big screen. All the familiar characters are there, along with ostentatious mansions, convertible Ferraris, Los Angeles landmarks and those topless women. Just then, Vince's former agent, Ari (Jeremy Piven), now a studio head, calls to offer him the leading role in the company's next film. Ari's fight for financing with a pair of tough Texans (Billy Bob Thornton and Hayley Joel Osment) comprises much of the action on the business end. Though Ari's long-suffering wife (Perrey Reeves) has him going to therapy and listening to meditation CDs, he's as quick-tempered as ever, at one point punching a framed photo of a kitten. Sensitive and insecure, he's destroyed by the slightest criticism, elated by any positive attention and deeply devoted to his friends. Writer-director Doug Ellin, who also created the show, says the goal of "Entourage" is "wish fulfillment, the ultimate fantasy." Entourage," a Warner Bros.