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The Big Picture

Kevin Bacon (Actor), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Actor), Christopher Guest (Director) | Format: DVD
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Christopher Guest cowrote and directed this solid spoof about the pitfalls of believing your own hype. Kevin Bacon plays a high-minded would-be filmmaker whose student movie wins a prestigious national award and an invitation to Hollywood. Before he knows it, he is being wined and dined by agents, producers, and studio executives, who treat him like the new Orson Welles--until he starts making his first studio movie. Then he becomes bait for the piranha-like bottom-liners, who teach him the unfortunate lesson that the flavor of the week often gets eaten alive. Watch for Martin Short as a hilariously feckless agent and Jennifer Jason Leigh as a surprisingly chipper film student, given her black-rimmed eyes and all-black wardrobe. --Marshall Fine

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5.0 out of 5 stars Diamond in the rough? May 30 2004
By Julie A. Furstenfeld
Format:DVD
I don't know how I missed this movie. I had never heard of it until I saw it on cable, but it is hilarious. Fran Drescher is too funny as the wife of the director, ol' Kevin Bakey is darling as always and Teri Hatcher is quite convincing as the social climber.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Picture Mar 6 2004
By S. Smith
Format:DVD
This is a great comedy, with lots of memorable turns by some great comic actors. I see a reviewer below comparing this to "The Player" and that's a ridiculous comparison. That would be like comparing "Bagger Vance" to "Caddyshack". There are some signifigant lulls in this movie but overall it's a funny peek at the all too shallow Hollywood existence. Bacon is great, as is McKeon in a bit of a subdued performance by his standards, and Teri Hatcher has never been sexier....and that's saying something indeed. Her performance fueled many a teenage dream of mine back in the day.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Quirky, satiric, but, ultimately, thin Feb 18 2004
By Debbie Lee Wesselmann
Format:DVD
This oddball send-up of Hollywood begins when Nick (Kevin Bacon) wins a prestigious award for his expressionist student film. He becomes an instant "hot property" wooed by top agents and producers. Predictably, he gets sucked into his own hype and the glitz of Hollywood at the expense of friendships and love. What makes this film unusual is the cast of supporting characters, played by Fran Drescher, Martin Short, Teri Hatcher, J.T. Walsh, and Michael McKean. Jennifer Jason Leigh plays an irrepressibly surreal classmate who has a wacky but always optimistic view on life; her performance is one of the best in the film. Unfortunately, Emily Longstreth, who plays Nick's love interest, is old-fashioned and subdued, and has little chemistry with Kevin Bacon.

Some of the scenes verge on the hilarious in their refreshing weirdness. Even the music is quirky, with Jennifer Jason Leigh's theme song sounding like a carnival in a fever dream. The fantasy sequences mostly fall flat, however, and the screenplay doesn't go far enough to elevate the film above the stale premise. I can understand why this is a cult movie, though, since some of the scenes/costumes/characters are so over-the-top that they become unforgettable. It's a shame Christopher Guest couldn't hold it all together.

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