the film spares nobody but touches nothing...

That was exactly my experience. I don't if any of you have read Sharon Waxman's "Rebels from the Backlot," which profiles directors such as Russell, PTA, Tarantino, Jonze, Fincher, Soderbergh. But it sounds like I Heart Huckabees fits Russell's personality (a little crazy, interested in ideas, etc.). But that makes me wonder if he'll ever fulfill his promise. I'm a big fan of Three Kings and laughed a lot through Flirting With Disaster, but Huckabees makes me wonder if he's ever going to do something again that he truly cares about (like Three Kings).