State and Main

Name: State and Main
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: December 22, 2000
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Rebecca Pidgeon

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Fine Line Features | Release Date: December 22, 2000 | R

Starring: Rebecca Pidgeon

Summary: A big-budget movie crew descends upon a quaint New England village, sowing a bumper crop of corruption, vanity and greed. (Fine Line Features)

Director: David Mamet

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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Peter Travers

You may want to revisit this profanely hilarious Hollywood satire. . .just to catch the zingers the audience often drowns out with laughter. Hollywood corrupts absolutely, and Mamet turns the toxic process into the year's best and smartest comedy. Read full review

Eddie Cockrell

A bona fide populist laugh riot. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

A snarling satire of Hollywood single-mindedness and its lack of any moral underpinning.

Roger Ebert

It's Mamet in a lighthearted mood, playing with dialogue, repeating phrases just because he likes them, and supplying us with a closing line that achieves, I think, a kind of greatness. Read full review

Desmond Ryan

His (Mamet) direction is unobtrusive, unflashy, and always willing to allow the hilarious cast all the room it needs. Read full review

Sara Wildberger

A surfeit of farce and fast-talking makes up for a lack of plot. Read full review

Stephen Holden

A surprisingly unpolished piece of work that plays as though it were written for the stage and only slightly modified for the screen. Read full review

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Spangle

May 14, 2016

A tongue-in-cheek look at film production, State and Main often exemplifies the themes of its film within film a film while also being a compelling look at smalltown America. Philip Seymour Hoffman steals the show in this ensemble cast repeatedly and whenever he is on the screen, the sceneA tongue-in-cheek look at film production, State and Main often exemplifies the themes of its film within film a film while also being a compelling look at smalltown America. Philip Seymour Hoffman steals the show in this ensemble cast repeatedly and whenever he is on the screen, the scene is guaranteed to be better. Rebecca Pidgeon, William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alec Baldwin, David Paymer, Clark Gregg, and Julia Stiles, are all very good here as well and roundout this truly marvelous ensemble cast. Incredibly witty, subtle, and smart, State and Main is an interesting behind the scenes look at the making of a Hollywood film that manages to make you laugh, smile, and be thoroughly entertained throughout. As with all David Mamet films, there is a huge emphasis placed on this cast of characters and it often feels as if it was staged as a play, which I love. Overall, State and Main is right up my alley.… Expand

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