Rotten
The level of humor could be called sophomoric, but that would insult most sophomores.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn
The Movie Hollywood Doesn't Want You to See.
1998 · 1h 26m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Alan Smithee
,
Arthur Hiller
Overview
Filmmaker Alan Smithee finds himself the unwilling puppet of a potentially bad big budget action film, for which he proceeds to steal the reels, and leaves the cast and crew in a frenzy.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A comedy without laughs, an expose without point.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
What turns the witlessness rancid is the way the movie is saturated in the very corruption it thinks it's ridiculing.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
A caustic but under-funny "expose" of the venality of the motion picture business.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Rotten
If you harbor an interest in watching so-called "industry smarts" autodestruct, this carries a certain morbid appeal, but that's about the extent of it.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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