Alicia Witt, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Melanie Griffith

An insane independent film director and his renegade group of teenage filmmakers kidnap an A-list Hollywood actress and force her to star in their underground film.

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68% liked it

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51% liked it

77 critics

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: John Waters

Release Date: August 11, 2000

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DVD Release Date: January 23, 2001

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  • July 16, 2009
    One of the coolest movies ever!!!
  • May 7, 2008
    Full Of GRACE!
  • April 18, 2008
    De-ment-ed For-ev-er!!! I have no clue why people think this is not as good as Waters' other work. So vastly under-rated, waaaay better than Sunset Boulevard or Day of the Locust when it comes to a movie about movies.
  • December 12, 2007
    I'll say it: I'm not a big John Waters fan. But I didn't hate this.
  • May 29, 2007
    h yeah & Entourage fans.... 'Vince' is in it!
    Mggie Gyllanhall as well
  • October 18, 2009
    Maggie Gyllenhaal plays a great Satanist. Best role of Stephen Dorff's career, not that that's saying much.
  • July 7, 2009
    Stephen Dorff is so great at playing psychotic.
  • July 5, 2009
    kinda dumb, kinda funny. first movie i watched with ty so im into it
  • July 4, 2009
    The Best Independent Movie of Our Time. It's about an Indie Film Producer trying to make it big in a hilarious and grousome ways. You have to see this movie!!!!!
  • June 16, 2009
    And yet another cute flop... I really liked hearing Donnie Darko's sister quote Aleister Crowley! And yeah, I have to admit it was a fun ride; if some one put it into the DVD player, I'd watch it again, but I wouldn't be the one to suggest renting it from the video store.

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May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

Mildly scabrous. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie has a radical premise ... but pitches it at the level of a very bad sketch on Saturday Night Live. full review

January 1, 2000
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

[Waters] piles on one wacky notion after another, and somehow they stack without toppling. full review

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