Synopsis
Hungry for an A-list interview that could launch him into the gossip-page stratosphere, Jiminy Glick, a small-time journalist with big aspirations and an even bigger appetite, drags his wife and kids across the country to the star-studded Toronto Film Festival. But in between the nonstop parties and all-you-can-eat buffets, Glick soon finds himself in the middle of an outrageously scandalous mystery that becomes the celebrity scoop of the decade!
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Cast
- Martin ShortJiminy Glick / David Lynch
- Jan HooksDixie Glick
- Linda CardelliniNatalie Coolidge
- Janeane GarofaloDee Dee
- John Michael HigginsAndre Devine
- Elizabeth PerkinsMiranda Coolidge
- Larry Joe CampbellHaygood Lewkin
- Mo CollinsSharon
- DeRay DavisMario 'FA REAL' Greene
- Carlos JacottBarry King
Recommendations
- 70
L.A. Weekly
While it isn't surprising that improv gods Short and fellow SNL vet Jan Hooks, as Glick's wife, Dixie, are brilliant, who knew that perennial onscreen good girl Elizabeth Perkins, playing here a has-been bitch-diva, could be so brittle and sexy? - 70
Los Angeles Times
A giddy, gassy piece of lunatic fluff that recounts Jiminy's rise to fame. In interviews, Short has described Glick as a moron with power, and in Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, he takes us back to the early days, when he was merely a moron. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
In his curdled-butterball way, Jiminy Glick may be the most acidic showbiz send-up since Andy Kaufman's Tony Clifton. This movie, though it has its moments, is a pedestal he didn't need. - 60
Film Threat
Short does a good job playing Lynch but this whole Lynch thing might have played funnier ten years ago. - 50
Rolling Stone
Director Vadim Jean is lucky that his low-octane comedy is long on Short. - 40
Variety
Too often depends on salty, adolescent one-liners that provide shock value guffaws but grow cumulatively wearisome. - 40
Dallas Observer
A tenth of a movie masquerading as a full feature. - 40
The New York Times
An intermittently funny free-for-all that tries desperately to flesh out a television sketch into a feature-length movie.
