Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 52
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 24
Though some critics consider Everybody Famous too lightweight to have deserved a slot among the Academy Awards foreign film nominations, this whacky satire of the cult of celebrity makes for loopy, cheerful fun.
Average Rating: 5/10
Critic Reviews: 21
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 10
Though some critics consider Everybody Famous too lightweight to have deserved a slot among the Academy Awards foreign film nominations, this whacky satire of the cult of celebrity makes for loopy, cheerful fun.
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Average Rating: 3.4/5
User Ratings: 1,300
Just how far should a father go to help his daughter gain fame and fortune? Jean (Josse De Pauw) lives in a working-class Belgian community, where he holds down a job at a bottle factory with his friend Willy (Werner De Smedt). Jean and his wife Chantal (Gert Portael) have a teenage daughter, Marva (Eva van der Gucht), who like her father, is interested in music; Jean likes to write songs in his spare time, while Marva dreams of becoming a singer. But Jean's songs don't seem to impress anyone
R, 1 hr. 39 min.
Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Comedy
Jun 6, 2001 Wide
Nov 13, 2001
Miramax Films
All Critics (60) | Top Critics (21) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (24) | DVD (2)
The ideas are not pushed nearly as far or with as much success as they are in, for example, King Of Comedy, The Icicle Thief (the 1989 Italian comedy) or even Ed TV, for that matter.
Often loses focus and wanders, unsure of where it wants to go.
A funny idea in search of a funny execution.
Who in the world is in charge of foreign film Oscar nominations? And what hints of greatness did they see in this artlessly benign little comedy?
An entertaining enough oddity, goosed by the added interest of its report on the high level of acting talent from Belgium.
The movie ... was one of this year's Oscar nominees for best foreign film, leading one to wonder what films were passed over to make room for it.
With so many great documentaries and foreign films each year, why does the Academy so often come up with second-rate choices in these two categories?
Everybody's Famous! starts out as a triumphant commentary on what it takes to achieve celebrity and the wealth it promises. But as the film progresses, it becomes wildly tedious and wacky.
De Pauw has one of those soulful, comedically inclined faces that invites instant empathy, and the rest of the cast is likewise well chosen.
You have to like a movie that, in its rosy denouement, proclaims giddily, 'It's a great day for Flemish showbiz!'
Dominique Deruddere's film is at heart all soft and squishy.
Yes, I admit it, the film's corny, but there's nothing wrong with this can of sweet, imported niblets.
Everybody's Famous is an Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film with plot on fame and stardom bordering ridiculous and stupid, but still sweet, likable, and funny.
September 10, 2011Super Reviewer
The ending will have you cheering for the characters, and was pretty moving and honest for a comedy; but honestly, this took a lot of time to start going anywhere, and there are a lot of cookie cutter roles.
April 25, 2006Super Reviewer
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