Cecil B. Demented

Cecil B. Demented (2000)

  • 51% of critics liked it
    (78 reviews)

  • 64% of users liked it
    (9,427 ratings)

Iconoclastic satirist John Waters bites the hand that (periodically) feeds him in this humorous look at the underside of the film industry. Self-styled guerrilla filmmaker Cecil (Stephen Dorff) leads a Baltimore movie-making collective/street gang called the Sprocket Holes, which includes… More

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R,
Directed By
Written By
John Waters
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Aug 11, 2000 Wide
Artisan Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • J. Hoberman, Village Voice

    Barely coherent mishmash.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

    Leave it to Waters to find a proper use for Mrs. Johnson-Banderas, whose natural, annoying shrillness is perfect.

  • Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com

    As always, Waters works with an unmistakable affection for even his grubbiest characters.

  • David Noh, Film Journal International

    Takes a potentially fun concept and basically goes nowhere with it.

  • Mark Bourne, DVDJournal.com

    If you're under 25 and believe in your cute rebel-'til-I-die heart that indie cinema is inherently True ****ing Art that gives the finger to The Man in Hollywood, then Cecil B. Demented may be your masturbatory fantasy.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Robert C


    Full Of GRACE!

  • _kelly .


    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.

  • Steve B


    I'll say it: I'm not a big John Waters fan. But I didn't hate this.

  • Daniel H


    Among the better of the over-the-top films that satisfies pubescent angst in the middle-school years of a teenagers life. Sadly, it doesn't amount to much more than that... Which would be exactly what Cecil would have wanted, anyway. Snuff, porn and action movies are the genres… More

  • Leigh R


    Very odd... just like all of Waters' films

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