Synopsis
A notorious B-movie director tries for a comeback by seeking out the film rights to the life story of a serial killer who wants his biography film to be a musical.
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Cast
- Jerry StillerMarty Fineman
- Janeane GarofaloPaloma Fineman
- Max PerlichIvan
- Ted DemmeTed Demme
- Roger CormanRoger Corman
- Ron HowardRon Howard
- Karen BlackKaren Black
- Peter BogdanovichPeter Bogdanovich
- Fred WilliamsonFred Williamson
- Nick CassavetesNick Cassavetes
Recommendations
- 78
Austin Chronicle
Goofily funny, oddly tenderhearted mock-documentary. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Deadpan, dead-on parody of a schlockmeister at work and play. - 60
L.A. Weekly
Kessler frames it all with an ironic eye (Stiller's misfit mogul holds court in cheap motels and burger joints) and with enough big-hearted tenderness to keep the humor from going sour. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Unashamedly silly, inevitably erratic, it has so much fun sending up the world of exploitation filmmaking that even the most serious film student won't be able to suppress a laugh or two. Maybe even more. - 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Despite laughs, the movie only sporadically works. Its satire is too broad and silly to have much sting. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Everyone involved obviously had a blast, but in the end this is a one-joke movie, and the joke is stretched too thin. - 50
Chicago Tribune
May be the only movie in recent memory unworthy of its own genuinely hilarious Web site, www.finemanfilms.com. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Really is just an excuse to string together some silly fake-movie clips.