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Stardom
Lions Gate Films Inc.

Stardom reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 36 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.6 out of 10
based on 21 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for language and sexual content

Starring Jessica Paré, Dan Aykroyd, Charles Berling, and Thomas Gibson

A comic, yet troubling look at the world of celebrities. Stardom focuses on Tina Menzhal (Pare), a model who hits it big and grows dependent on the media hype surrounding her every move.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: Denys Arcand
Jacob Potashnik
 
DIRECTED BY: Denys Arcand  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: September 25, 2001 
Video: September 25, 2001 
Theatrical: October 27, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 100 minutes, BW / Color 
ORIGIN: France / Canada 

What The Critics Said

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83
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
It may be the first movie that mirrors, in its very syntax, the ''snap crackle and pop'' narcotic superficiality of the E! channel. I mean that as a compliment.
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80
TNT RoughCut Susannah Breslin
Every so often, a movie comes along that is so bad, so unfunny, so incredibly awful that it redefines how you think about film. Stardom is just such a movie.
75
San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
What makes it interesting is the story that the viewer must put together, of a model who lives her entire life -- or at least what we see of it -- in front of the camera.
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75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
In Arcand's skilled hands, this sassy assembly comes together to be a comedy, a satire and a character study that's somehow not a bit condescending.
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75
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
A naughtily funny, skin-deep satire.
70
Dallas Observer Bill Gallo
In his observant, swiftly paced Stardom, Arcand does it all with relentless wit, high style, and a suggestion of tragedy.
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63
Boston Globe Jay Carr
Denys Arcand has satiric fun with the media's way of taking celebrity culture at face value and nothing but. Eventually, though, the film becomes what it's ridiculing.
60
TV Guide Ken Fox
For all the film's cleverness -- and it's often very clever -- it's as thin as its heroine.
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50
Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
This film has so many good ideas, it tends to seem better after you've left the theater. But the mock TV stuff is just too faux to be funny.
50
New York Post Lou Lumenick
A glitzy and shallow satire about shallow people.
40
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Takes us down a familiar path without discovering anything new along the way.
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40
LA Weekly Paul Cullum
With Woody Allen's "Celebrity," Altman's "Prêt-à-Porter" and MTV's "House of Style" predating it by half a decade, this is kind of like clubbing harp seals in a meat locker.
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40
Film.com Robert Horton
What keeps Stardom watchable is Arcand's droll humor.
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30
Mr. Showbiz Larry Terenzi
Through a messy series of news reports, interviews, talk shows, and behind-the-scenes footage, Arcand creates a cinema vérité spoof that's not nearly as penetrating or enjoyable as he thinks.
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30
Film.com John Hartl
Stardom just doesn't have enough anger or conviction to carry it to a satisfying finish.
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30
Variety Brendan Kelly
The irony is that this film about the superficiality of celebrity-crazed Western society is itself somewhat superficial.
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25
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The satire is intermittently amusing, but Arcand adds little to the arsenal of standard mockumentary tricks, and the interesting cast doesn't get many interesting things to do.
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20
The New York Times A.O. Scott
Stardom makes its metaphor of 15 minutes seem like a lifetime.
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20
Village Voice Dennis Lim
With a few exceptions, most of the laughs in Stardom are cheap...and worse, the ideas beyond platitudinous.
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10
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Sitting through this barrage of all-purpose insults aimed at obvious targets was an unenlightening chore.
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0
Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Tells us nothing we didn't already know, and it tells it over and over and over.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Harry D. gave it a10:
Brilliant. You need to watch it two or three times to start getting it. Hint: except for Tina and her family, just about everyone either lies or deceivdes.

Edilberto D. gave it a 9:
I love the movie. The girl is beautiful.

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