Hollywood Buddha

Name: Hollywood Buddha
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: September 24, 2004
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 42

2004

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Northern Arts Entertainment | Release Date: September 24, 2004

Summary: A satirical look at an independent producer's obsession with getting his movie sold, and his simultaneous quest for spiritual enlightenment -- all as his life is crumbling down around him. (YBG Productions)

Director: Philippe Caland

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Runtime: 99 min

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Kyle Smith

It'll mainly appeal to film-biz insiders. Read full review

Lisa Nesselson

A refreshingly unpretentious cocktail of karmic serendipity and a tongue-in-cheek look at Hollywood values vs. ecumenical verities. Read full review

Benjamin Strong

The movie, as an exercise in narcissism, is breathtaking. Read full review

Janet Maslin

In Hollywood Buddha, Mr. Caland plays, directs and reimagines himself. This is truly a vanity project, as evidenced by the ample amount of screen time he gives his own pecs and thighs. Read full review

Ernest Hardy

The result is at once a woefully overfamiliar bashing of Hollywood superficiality and a seemingly unwitting paean to the self-absorbed enlightenment that passes among industry folk for personal growth. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

This off-putting satire is a jumble of misguided ideas that gather like lint in the navel of self-obsessed director Philippe Caland. Read full review

Kevin Crust

Isn't remotely funny or pointed enough to qualify as satire. Intentionally or not, it comes across instead as a portrait of a man whose self-regard knows no limits. Read full review

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