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Hollywood corrupts absolutely, and Mamet turns the toxic process into the year's best and smartest comedy.
State and Main might be the perfect David Mamet movie for people who don't like David Mamet movies. The nice thing about it, though, is that it won't disappoint the rest of us.
As much fun to listen to as it is to watch.
Mamet has an unrivaled ear for dialogue.
Has the hermetic, vacuum packed atmosphere of all the films that David Mamet has directed, yet cleverness, heightened to a pitch of acid tongued amorality, is both its flavor and its meaning.
Intriguing characters, good movie for older teens.
David Mamet, that president emeritus of hard-consonant profanity, often seems as comfortable with softer stuff as a man wearing wool in July. But this on-the-nose Hollywood satire played like Preston Sturges absolved of Production-Code limitations.
One giant testimony to unmet potential.
David Mamet tones it down a second time in the relaxed State and Main.
With a witty, intelligent script and a cast of Mamet regulars, what emerges is a right-on, leisurely-paced satire of Hollywood that pays homage to the process of filmmaking
...a fine comedy that represents grown-up moviemaking at its very best.
Mamet's most easy going and fun-loving film to date.
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