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New Line Home Video | Release Date: August 23, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
21
Negative:
6
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38
Boston GlobeTy Burr
What it is, distressingly, is a mess - a ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative, of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking. Read full review
30
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
Niccol has no gift for comedy. His ongoing exploration of modern celebrity results in an industry satire that's less funny than half-empty and hyper-designed. Read full review
30
Washington PostStephen Hunter
Each plot twist trumps its predecessor into ludicrousness. Read full review
30
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Torpedoed by its own overarching idealism -- the film targets the new star system, the media, the studios, digital technology, and pretty much everything else you might care to think of -- and not enough script to back it all up. Read full review
25
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
Moves at a lumbering pace, peppered with ungainly gags and dramatic moments with little emotional power. The ironic commentary on show-biz superficiality is sabotaged by Niccol's failure to make his own story seem real. Read full review
10
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Such a tedious Hollywood farce, so unpleasantly glib and relentlessly shallow, that Pacino's excessive performance is not even the worst thing about it. Read full review
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