Rotten
Can't seem to decide if it's supposed to be a comedy about Hollywood small-timers trying to get an indie pic off the ground, or a somber drama in which greed and lust overwhelm art.
David Stratton, Variety
Mistress
The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends.
1992 · 1h 50m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Barry Primus
Overview
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
Director and cast
- Barry Primus Director
- Robert Wuhl as Marvin Landisman
- Martin Landau as Jack Roth
- Jace Alexander as Stuart Stratland Jr.
- Robert De Niro as Evan M. Wright
- Laurie Metcalf as Rachel Landisman
- Eli Wallach as George Lieberhof
- Danny Aiello as Carmine Rasso
- Sheryl Lee Ralph as Beverly Dumont
- Jean Smart as Patricia Riley
- Tuesday Knight as Peggy Pauline
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The gags are too obvious; the conflict between art and money is hackneyed; and the plot goes badly off the rails in the later reels.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Fresh
"Mistress" abounds with sharp comic performances that never stray into caricature or sentimentality.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
Seeing Mistress is like getting a bad table at the in Hollywood restaurant. You're eavesdropping on all the dull conversations.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
The movie has been described as a low-rent version of Robert Altman's "The Player," but it would be more accurate to say it's about low-rent players.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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