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  • Starring: Janeane Garofalo, Jerry Stiller
  • Summary: The story of prolific independent film producer Morty Fineman (Stiller). When the future of his company is threatened, Morty turns to his estranged daughter Paloma (Garofalo) for help.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Ron Wells
    80
    We need more films like THIS! The filmmaking team of Stephen Kessler and Mike Wilkins join Jerry Stiller and Janeane Garofalo to pay loving tribute to the world of exploitation films.
  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    60
    Kessler frames it all with an ironic eye (Stiller's misfit mogul holds court in cheap motels and burger joints) and with enough big-hearted tenderness to keep the humor from going sour.
  3. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Connie Ogle
    38
    Excruciatingly unamusing.

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