Synopsis
With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who proves to test his patience.
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Cast
- Albert BrooksSteven Phillips
- Sharon StoneSarah Little
- Andie MacDowellLaura Phillips
- Jeff BridgesJack Warrick
- Cybill ShepherdSelf
- Monica MikalaJulie Phillips
- Jamie AlexisMary Phillips
- Marnie SheltonJennifer
- Catherine MacNealAnne
- Mark FeuersteinJosh Martin
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Chicago Tribune
A real gem: a deadpan fantasy that turns into one of the best pictures ever about the post-"Star Wars" studio moviemaking era. - 88
Boston Globe
The season's brightest piece of counterprogramming. - 80
The New York Times
A delectable comic performance by Sharon Stone. - 75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Clever, often hilarious, inside-Hollywood farce that makes the most of... a delightfully absurd premise. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
It's so clean a film, you could bring your grandmother. - 63
New York Daily News
No second or third act... a one-joke premise and a hundred punchlines. - 60
Film.com
Enough well-conceived jokes that the whole thing works very nicely. - 50
Baltimore Sun
A toothless series of vignettes rather than an insider satire on par with, say, "Bowfinger."