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Cecil B. Demented (2000)

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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.

33

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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John Waters

Jan 23, 2001

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Barely coherent mishmash.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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Leave it to Waters to find a proper use for Mrs. Johnson-Banderas, whose natural, annoying shrillness is perfect.

January 8, 2010 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

As always, Waters works with an unmistakable affection for even his grubbiest characters.

September 24, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Takes a potentially fun concept and basically goes nowhere with it.

January 5, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International
David Noh
Film Journal International

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.

April 6, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

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.

April 6, 2006 Full Review Source: DVDJournal.com
Mark Bourne
DVDJournal.com

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

July 31, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Mildly scabrous.

May 3, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

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

April 10, 2003 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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.

March 18, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
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May 7, 2008
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De-ment-ed For-ev-er!!! I have no clue why people think this is not as good as Waters' other work. So vastly under-rated, waaaay better than Sunset Boulevard or Day of the Locust when it comes to a movie about movies.
April 18, 2008
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