December 12, 2007
Hilarious!
Dan Schneider, Emily Longstreth, Fran Drescher
Christopher Guest cowrote and directed this solid spoof about the pitfalls of believing your own hype. Kevin Bacon plays a high-minded would-be filmmaker whose student movie wins a prestigious nationa...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 8, 2002
Stats: 88 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (88)
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July 30, 2009Cute, but not up to Christopher Guest's usual standards. Kevin Bacon couldn't keep it together for me although the supporting cast is stellar.
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March 13, 2009This was a good flick but there were elements introduced in the beginning of the movie that fell away.
All of the actors did fine jobs but the movie was a little predictable. It was fun for the person who is familiar with how Hollywood works.
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January 6, 2008Not Christopher Guest's best. Watchable, but if you don't see it, you aren't missing much.
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December 9, 2007One of CGuests earlier flicks. Funny flick about film making & film students. Bit dated, but enjoyable.
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January 6, 2007This surprisingly uninspired satire of the movie industry from Christopher Guest has less bite than I would expect from such a talented filmmaker and cast. Virtually everything Guest wants to say is said better in "The Player" and "Swimming with Sharks." A bit disappointing.
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