Being Michael Madsen (2007)
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A movie star who is reeling from the pressures of celebrity tries to show the media just how it feels in this independent satiric comedy. Michael Madsen stars as Michael Madsen, a wildly popular motion picture actor who has started to emotionally buckle under the stress of his fame and success,… More A movie star who is reeling from the pressures of celebrity tries to show the media just how it feels in this independent satiric comedy. Michael Madsen stars as Michael Madsen, a wildly popular motion picture actor who has started to emotionally buckle under the stress of his fame and success, often making a spectacle of himself in public. The tabloid press follows him relentlessly, waiting to capture one of his emotional outbursts on film and printing groundless stories accusing him of everything from secret gay romances to the murder of a young actress. Madsen finally decides he's had enough, and decides to give photographer, yellow journalist, and chief antagonist Billy Dant (Jason Alan Smith) a taste of his own medicine by hiring three documentary filmmakers (Davis Mikaels, Doug Tompos and, Kathy Searle) and having them follow Dant as closely as Dant has been following him. Madsen's plan might work a bit better, however, if he'd teamed up with a less inept team of documentarians. Being Michael Madsen also includes mock-interviews with colleagues David Carradine, Harry Dean Stanton, Daryl Hannah, and Virginia Madsen (the latter of whom is also Michael's sister). ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Mongillo
- Written By
- James Charbonneau, Michael Mongillo
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 16, 2007 Wide
- On DVD
- Sep 7, 2010
- Studio
- GoDigital
Critic Reviews
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Joe Leydon, Variety
Michael Mongillo's modestly clever mockumentary Being Michael Madsen could generate smiles of approval (and shocks of recognition) among showbiz insiders and media-savvy civilians as homevid and pay-cable fare.
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Phil Hall, Film Threat
Sharp, hilarious satire.
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Sara Maria Vizcarrondo, Boxoffice Magazine
Give it time. There's a lot here to like.
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