Quite possibly the best compliment that can be paid to the story, a product of the imaginations of Gore Verbinski and co-writer Justin Haythe, is that it’s not totally spoiled by the commercials.
In fact, it’s dense and twisted enough that the best parts aren’t even shown in the marketing.
Yet the film never feels too derivative of any of those sources, as the story stands on its own two feet.
If anything, with the right mindset, the film also doubles as a political satire, as a spa of eager patrons shut out the modern world in favor of a simpler time.