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EdTV (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 39 Fresh: 25  Rotten:14 Average Rating: 6.4/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins

Synopsis: A normal video store clerk, Ed (McConaughey), doesn't realize what he's getting himself into when he allows a television executive (DeGeneres) to begin filming his life 24 hours a day. The resulting media circus makes for an entertaining social commentary about how important (and,... A normal video store clerk, Ed (McConaughey), doesn't realize what he's getting himself into when he allows a television executive (DeGeneres) to begin filming his life 24 hours a day. The resulting media circus makes for an entertaining social commentary about how important (and, perhaps, detrimental) an issue television has become in our lives. [More]

Genre: Television

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Elizabeth Hurley, Ellen DeGeneres, Woody Harrelson

Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
Composer: Randy Edelman

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Release:

Jan 11, 2000

[DVD Details]
  • Features eleven additional minutes of behind-the-scenes footage.

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    2/5

    EdTV isn't bad enough to get angry about, but it's a mundane and toothless satire.

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    Diverting but ultimately toothless and innocuous.

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