Bowfinger
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Metascore
71 out of 100

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7.2 out of 10

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  • Starring: Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin
  • Summary: Bobby Bowfinger, a nearly bankrupt aspiring movie producer-director, is about to take one last shot at fame and fortune. Desperate to hit the big time, the hapless dreamer recruits a motley crew of aspiring misfits, including an eager nerd, an ambitious ingenue and an overthe-hill diva. With their help, Bowfinger embarks on a radical, ingenious scheme to trick the biggest name in movies into becoming the star of his ultra-low budget film. (Universal Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    100
    Spoofy and sweet... endearingly old-fashioned.
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  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Bob Graham
    100
    A venemous Valentine to Hollywood sugarcoated with laughs.
  3. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Ted Fry
    80
    A good-natured farce. It's also really, really funny.
  4. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Rita Kempley
    60
    Lacks emotional depth and intellectual sincerity.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Summersausage
    8
    A marvelous comedy. It was sooo funny just edgy and fun right up to a point it was really good. One of Steve Martins Best movies along with L. A. story.… Collapse
  2. spacecaptain
    8
    A near-perfect comedy that could only bit a little funnier but still contains some of the funniest moments in comedy films. Great idea, cast, script and execution. Frank Oz has made some really special movies. Bowfinger is one of his best.… Expand
  3. JoeS.
    5
    Enjoyable to watch, but it is farce all the way through. And you get the sense that the filmmakers were so dumb they didn't even understand that it was farce they were making. It wasn't a particularly "bad" movie, but it was thin and pathetic, and seemed to take no effort or filmmaking skill to make.… Expand

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