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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Directed by: Andrew J. Kuehn
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 17, 1999
DVD: January 13, 2004
Running Time: 82 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for language and risque humor
Starring Bruce Vilanch, Bette Midler, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, and Whoopi Goldberg
This documentary goes behind the scenes with Bruce Vilanch, one of the most sought after comedy writers in Hollywood. (Miramax Films)
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What The Critics Said
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San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
An extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the comedy game.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
A hilarious and utterly faboo documentary...you'll be begging for more.
New York Post Rod Dreher
An irresistible documentary tribute that's as yummy and insubstantial as a sackful of Twinkies.
San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
Spirited, madly educational docu-quickie.
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Offering often-hysterical testimony to Vilanch's talent.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Exactly the kind of documentary we all want to have made about ourselves, in which it is revealed that we are funny, smart, beloved, the trusted confidant of famous people.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Endearing, very funny and utterly unpretentious.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Corliss
Fond, zippy new documentary about the Bruce who, on the Hollywood circuit, is the real Boss.
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
An accurate sense of how today's Hollywood works.
Read Full Review >Newsweek David Ansen
It's worth the price of admission just to hear Vilanch bouncing ideas off of a revved-up Robin Williams.
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
The behind-the-scenes revelations are thoroughly convincing.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
Captures just enough behind-the-scenes flavor to qualify as a light, bright divertissement.
Read Full Review >Film.com Elizabeth Weitzman
Because (Vilanch) is such a character, the movie ends up being a lot of fun.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Closer to an infomercial than a serious study, but it serves up plenty of rowdy humor.
Read Full Review >Film.com Ernest Hardy
Mildly amusing, both charming and diverting, it plays like a La La Land home movie.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
This one's worth the ticket price only if you are a showbiz-aholic.
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
I'd take the stakes driven right through my platform pumps over listening to Bruce Vilanch jokes, but that's me.
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