Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
6 %
Reviews Counted: 31 Fresh: 2 Rotten:29 Average Rating: 2.7/10
Consensus:
A witless Hollywood satire whose hammy, obvious jokes are neither funny nor insightful of the movie business.
Runtime: 86 mins
Synopsis: A beleaguered film editor steps away from the Steenbeck for what should be his smashing directorial debut, but the set becomes a battlefield between his pushy producer and the studio suits. As the production spirals out of control, the director considers changing his credit to "Alan... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni
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It's unafraid of the consequences of its existence, and it's brutally nasty , offensive, and abrasive. In other words, the kind of comedy they used to make in the 70's before things became politically correct.
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05/26/06
Top Critic
This jab at Hollywood seems close in subject matter to another title credited to Alan Smithee, Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh.
05/20/03
a film more noteworthy for its title’s lack of commas than for any other asset
01/02/03
Pity everyone involved with this excessive, ego-driven 'satire' of excess and ego. It's too bad that only directors can remove their names from noxious material like this.
11/24/02
It's truly as bad as everyone says. I went in to the flick wanting to like it, so I could argue with all the naysayers. Experiment failed.
07/31/02
A hollow, tedious (even at 86 minutes it's long), and dated inside joke (constant references to Michael Ovitz and the Japanese might have been funny in `95), that probably will not translate to audiences that are not employed in the movie business.
06/05/02
Although it's wildly uneven, this satire on the movie business, which was written by Joe Eszterhas, is peppered with uproarious touches.
01/28/02
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