Robert De Niro Film
Fest Movie #10 (Dang – it looks like I’m going to have to continue the De Niro
film fest into October. Oh well - I've been busy with freelance work, which is good)
Synopsis: It’s a
bit like an extra-long episode of Entourage
without the 25-year old knuckleheads... or The Player without the murder-mystery.
Blurb From the DVD Jacket:
“Based on the acclaimed, best-selling memoir by veteran Hollywood producer Art
Linson and directed by Academy Award winning Barry Levinson, What Just Happened
follows Ben (Robert De Niro), a producer desperately trying to save his two
films from falling apart while managing the chaos of two marriages that already
have.”
What Did I Learn?:
Apparently, Bruce Willis is a really stubborn asshole.
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Movie If: You sometimes ask yourself: "what just happened?"
Really?: I
realize that Jeremy Brunell (Michael Wincott) is a frustrated artist with a volcanic temper, but I have to think that
revising the ending to his movie at the last minute, and without telling the studio,
would be a career-limiting move.
Rating: What Just
Happened is an enjoyable and intelligent black satire that features a very
impressive cast. That said, for a comedy, the laughs are somewhat hit-or-miss,
the film never really breaks any new ground (see: "Synopsis"), and it isn’t terribly memorable.
7/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486674/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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