Advanced Search Beta »
Basic Search Fields
Everybody's Famous!
Metascore
60 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
view
per page
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Edward Guthmann
    100
    The result is a sprightly, entertaining film, but one in which the satire is neutralized for laughs.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Hearty mainstream comedy with a sharp satirical edge balanced with just enough sentimentality to send audiences home happy.
  3. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Bill Gallo
    80
    If there's any justice in moviedom, this summer's feel-good hit will be an unassuming Dutch comedy called Everybody's Famous!
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    80
    This is the first feature I've seen by writer-director Dominique Deruddere, and I hope it won't be the last.
  5. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    75
    Likable comedy about ordinary people stumbling badly and then triumphing.
    All this critic's reviews
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    75
    A delightful comedic twist on Martin Scorsese's "King of Comedy."
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    75
    Light summer fun with a Flemish accent.
    All this critic's reviews
  8. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    75
    A good-natured comedy of errors from Belgium, should elicit smiles, if not belly laughs.
  9. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Loren King
    75
    A likable satire on celebrity, Flemish-style, it is no less pointed than its American counterparts, just a lot less pompous.
  10. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Frank Lovece
    70
    Sometimes seems as noisy and unrefined as Jean himself. But it has just as much heart, and builds up to rousingly "Rocky"-like climax.
  11. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Mark Holcomb
    70
    Too brisk and plucky to dislike.
  12. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    67
    It makes for a sweet and heartwarming story even as it celebrates and justifies the entire ridiculous phenomenon that Deruddere has been spoofing all along.
  13. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Desson Thomson
    60
    The more you lower your expectations, the more you'll learn to laugh.
  14. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    50
    With its likable blue-collar characters and its unpretentious exuberance, Everybody's Famous is reminiscent of recent British comedies like "Brassed Off" and "The Full Monty."
  15. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    50
    The intentional and unintentional absurdities of the plot do pay off, with a happy ending that's outlandish enough to be entertaining.
    All this critic's reviews
  16. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    40
    Messy, frantic, and repetitive, Everybody Famous! takes on both vapid pop culture and the mindless hoi polloi that consumes it.
    All this critic's reviews
  17. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    It's nice, but it's not much of a comedy.
  18. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Chuck Wilson
    30
    The one saving grace is a sweet, affecting performance by Werner de Smedt.
prev next
Page:
  • 1