Cecil B. Demented (2000)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 78
Fresh: 40 | Rotten: 38
The idea behind John Waters' latest has much potential, but the movie ends up being too sloppy and underdeveloped in terms of script and direction. Also, by today's standards, it fails to shock.
Average Rating: 4.4/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 16
The idea behind John Waters' latest has much potential, but the movie ends up being too sloppy and underdeveloped in terms of script and direction. Also, by today's standards, it fails to shock.
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Iconoclastic satirist John Waters bites the hand that (periodically) feeds him in this humorous look at the underside of the film industry. Self-styled guerrilla filmmaker Cecil (Stephen Dorff) leads a Baltimore movie-making collective/street gang called the Sprocket Holes, which includes Cecil's girlfriend and frequent leading lady, a low-rent porn actress named Cherish Oh Lordy (Alicia Witt). Desperate for attention, they kidnap famous Hollywood actress Honey Whitlock (Melanie Griffith) during
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Cast
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Melanie Griffith
Honey Whitlock -
Stephen Dorff
Cecil B. Demented -
Alicia Witt
Cherish Oh Lordy -
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Lewis -
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Raven -
Mike Shannon
Petie -
Zenzele Uzoma
Chardonnay -
Erika Lynn Rupli
Pam -
Harriet "Harry" Dodge
Dinah -
Adrian Grenier
Lyle -
Jack Noseworthy
Rodney -
Mink Stole
Mrs. Mallory -
Ricki Lake
Libby -
Patricia Hearst
Fidget's Mom -
Eric Roberts
Honey's Ex-husband -
Kevin Nealon
Himself -
Roseanne
Herself -
Nat Benchley
SWAT cop -
Joshua Billings
Drive-in manager -
Michael Gabel
Film delivery driver -
Mark Joy
Fidget's dad -
Rosemary Knower
Cecil's mother -
Susan Lowe
Family lady -
Mary Vivian Pearce
Family lady -
Douglas Roberts
Cecil's dad -
Alan J. Wendl
Security teamster -
Channing Wilroy
Shop steward -
Frank Ferrara
Teamster -
Bill Grimmett
Mayor Adam Fenwick -
Joyce Flick Wendl
Pucker -
Gary Wheeler
Theatre manager -
Michael Willis
Teamster -
John Waters
Reporter -
Steve Mack
Teamster -
Marty Lodge
Film commissioner -
Christopher Chase
Mayor's Bodyguard -
David Stelzer
Heavy Metal Fan #2 -
Patsy Grady Abrams
Family woman -
Eric Barry
Fidget -
Mark Bernier
Studio Executive -
Sloane Brown
Newscaster -
Tyler Mason Buckalew
Teen boy -
Tim Caggiano
Moviegoer -
Paul M. Clary
Gaffer "Gumped Again" -
Jacques Derosena
Photographer -
Jeff Dignan
Movie Premiere Attendee -
Brian Donahue
Teamster -
Melissa Fatto
Shucks Oysters -
Rhea Feiken
Family woman -
Ray Felton
Roy Stillings -
Jonathan Fiorucci
Raven's groupie -
O. Lee Fleming
Sniffles -
Mimi Fletcher
Movie theatre patron -
Tara Garwood
Charles Theater girl -
Shana Gelbard
Family woman -
Peter Gil
Director -
Graham Gordon
Heavy Metal Fan #4 -
Melanie Gorombol
Candy counter girl -
Geoffrey I. Grissett
Boy fan -
Brooke Houghton
Girl fan -
Lindsey Jarboe
Movie Premiere Attendee -
Conrad Karlson
The Psychiatrist -
James Klingenberg
Child -
Keith Konecke
Heavy Metal Fan #1 -
Chilembwe M. Mason
Movie theater patron -
Terry McCrea
Evil Jock -
John Michaelson
Charles -
Tyler Miller
Fan a -
Dan Morgan
Teamster -
Scott Morgan
Groupie -
Jewel Orem
Maid -
Eddie Page
Swat Team Member -
Jeff Perryson
Jock -
James Byrne Reed
Producer -
Eric Richardson
Director of photography... -
Ryan Slattery
Jock -
Nathan Stolpman
Ticket taker -
Tim Sulin
Heavy Metal Fan #3 -
Ginger Tipton
Box Office Lady -
Billy Tolzman
Petie's trick -
Dave Trovato
SWAT cop -
Mia Walker
Child -
Cynthia Webb-Manley
Large lady -
Jeffrey Wei
William boy in wheelcha... -
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Delaney Williams
Teamster C -
Marybeth Wise
Assistant director -
Judith Knight Young
Ticket Seller -
Jim Page
Waiter in Kitchen -
Billy Green
Child
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All Critics (102) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (39) | DVD (16)
Barely coherent mishmash.
Leave it to Waters to find a proper use for Mrs. Johnson-Banderas, whose natural, annoying shrillness is perfect.
As always, Waters works with an unmistakable affection for even his grubbiest characters.
Takes a potentially fun concept and basically goes nowhere with it.
If you're under 25 and believe in your cute rebel-'til-I-die heart that indie cinema is inherently True ****ing Art that gives the finger to The Man in Hollywood, then Cecil B. Demented may be your masturbatory fantasy.
Artisan Entertainment provides a DVD that delivers Cecil B. Demented in a good anamorphic widescreen transfer (1.85:1) and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. Waters provides the commentary track and seems to have a good time doing it.
Waters' pointless and arguably weakest film is a satire of a Holllywood director that's so hermetic and contrived that it hardly has any reason to exist
Mildly scabrous.
Waters may have a budget ($9 million) and real Hollywood stars now, but he's still giving the finger to everything decent with his new film
Of the John Waters films I've seen (and I'll admit my knowledge of his films is limited), I'd say it's the best premise with the poorest execution.
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