On further consideration, Charlie has been downgraded to 2.5/5. Review below has been edited. For such an anticipated movie, it truly has been a disappointment.

All-you-can-eat buffets

3 people, $19 a person. 46 dishes. Food finished.

The saying goes that people don't do bad business. So all-you-can-eat buffets have to be good business.

From today's experience, it might seem not to be so. Certain people can really eat and eat and eat and eat the restaurant till they are broke.

But perhaps, to paraphrase the thoughts of one of my eating companions, these people are few, but they bring along their friends who can't eat as much. So the restaurants lose money to these people but gain a lot back from their friends.

Anyway, certain people can really eat a lot. No wonder we are all so obese.