August 9, 2009
Crazy madness. It was okay, but not up my alley.
Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci
Two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is be...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 24, 2009
Stats: 1,050 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (1,050)
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August 2, 2009Ben: So what'd you think?
Dick Bell: Well it had a lot of good production...I liked the music.
Despite having De Niro turn in a very good performance, along with a few other key characters in this film, the movie is a fairly tame Hollywood satire that doesn't give way to much mo...( read more) -
June 5, 2009Bit of a letdown perhaps due to marketing. The comic achievements of this film are pushed when its more of a smirking, melancholic view. I think I only laughed out loud twice for the whole film.
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May 31, 2009Toothless 'The Player' wannabee with nothing very original to say about Hollywood. Some amusing quips get lost in the uneasy mix of caricatures and characters you are meant to care about.
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April 22, 2009There's nothing wrong with What Just Happened that being released 15 years ago wouldn't have solved. Back then, it's gentle ribbing would've felt more provacative, more scathing. But now, it's weak, and we've all seen it before. We've watched stars loose their minds and yell a...( read more)
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November 6, 2009Two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of things -- a money maker, an ego...( read more)
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November 6, 2009This was OK, not a great film, but just ok. Don't know if i'd ever watch again, but it's ok for an evening movie, wouldn't go out of my way to rent it.
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October 29, 2009An unusual story about Hollywood world, but very realistic i think. Nice photograph, impeccable direction with De Niro and Willis at their best.
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October 25, 2009Boring, I could not follow the story. So what if Bruce Willis has a beard? Get over it!
Critic Reviews
November 28, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
October 31, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
The sharpest Hollywood satire since The Player. full review
October 17, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
The adult comedy surprise of the year. A fast moving, often hysterically funny little gem about the business called show. full review
October 17, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The title of Barry Levinson's new movie, What Just Happened, is not phrased as a question, but if it were it would demand another question in response: 'Who cares?' full review
October 16, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
If truth is stranger than fiction, it's also, quite often, a lot more boring. full review
October 16, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There's not a whole lot in What Just Happened? that would be out of place in a good SNL skit. full review
October 15, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
Every joke in Tropic Thunder, The Player, The Muse, I'll Do Anything, even HBO's Entourage is sharper, more incisive and funnier than those in What Just Happened. full review
October 13, 2008
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Levinson has assembled a fine field of actors, no question, but the going is too easy for them underfoot; movies about movies are old ground. full review
October 13, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
What Just Happened? is a doodle, but its aura of dread seems earned. full review
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March 23, 2008someone find a preview and put it up here. I love Sean Penn and anything with his is always worth watching!!
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