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Lisa Picard is Famous (2000)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 23

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Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 13
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 6

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Movie Info

Actor-turned-filmmaker Griffin Dunne directs this mockumentary about the lives of struggling thespians. The film focuses on Lisa Picard (Laura Kirk), a fledgling actress about to burst on the scene thanks to a bit part in a made-for-TV movie. She is followed around by Dunne as she makes her publicity rounds with her friend Tate Kelley (Nat DeWolf), a writer/actor/militant gay activist. Famous is populated with several direct-to-camera interviews featuring the likes of Penelope Ann Miller,

PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.

Drama, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Griffin Dunne

Written By: Nat De Wolf, Laura Kirk

In Theaters: Aug 22, 2001 Wide

On DVD: Jan 22, 2002

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Critic Reviews for Lisa Picard is Famous

All Critics (44) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (23)

A solid mockumentary of both comedy and compassion.

November 26, 2001 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News

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Philip Wuntch

Dallas Morning News

Top Critic

While Lisa Picard may not have the freshest theme around, it is funny and well acted and very knowing about the ins and outs of show business.

November 21, 2001 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Eric Harrison

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

An intermittently engaging but inescapably overextended mockumentary.

November 2, 2001 Comment

Jay Carr

Boston Globe

Top Critic

Likable but not exceptional.

October 18, 2001 Comment

Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

Often hilarious mockumentary.

October 9, 2001 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Carla Meyer

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

It's not every comedy that can make you laugh with ridicule and cringe in empathetic horror at the same time.

September 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Funny and pathetically accurate portrait of an obsessed wanna-be

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Audrey Rock-Richardson

Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

It'll probably be pretty popular on video, especially with anyone who's ever had the acting bug.

June 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Supercala.com

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John Venable

Supercala.com

... it feels padded and stretched beyond its limits.

December 21, 2001 Full Review Source: Baseline.Hollywood.com

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Ted Murphy

Baseline.Hollywood.com

The film is a lot like its heroine: cocksure and half-cocked all at once.

December 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Oregonian

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Shawn Levy

Oregonian

While the script makes many astute observations and the performers are game, "Lisa Picard Is Famous" comes across as slight as the marginal characters it portrays.

October 21, 2001 Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews

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