| Artisan Entertainment | Release Date: August 6, 1999 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Critic Reviews
Few movies are as eloquent in their performances and their art direction.
John Turturro's farce about life and theater that is by turns elegant and bawdy, but always transfixing.
The true strength of the film lies in its vast ensemble of actors.
Susan Sarandon has never looked better in her 29-year screen career than she does here.
Like a thick slice of ham - tasty, elegantly prepared and served - that aspires to be gourmet fare but in the end turns out to be only half-baked.
It isn't, finally, satisfying: It's too uneven, indulgent, fey.
Beverly D'Angelo, Rufus Sewell, Georgina Cates, Leo Bassi - tumble with zest through a daisy chain of sexual capers. But while warmly energized, their carryings-on also seem a little generic.
Overdone performances mar the fine ones -- (Turturro) has become, alas, a hambone.
Turturro's movie is all surface, all artifice, and little substance. Actors love artifice; the rest of us wait for it to clear so we can find something meatier.
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