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Stardom
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Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 21 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Denys Arcand
Jacob Potashnik
Directed by: Denys Arcand
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 27, 2000
DVD: September 25, 2001
Running Time: 100 minutes, BW / Color
Origin: France / Canada
Summary
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.
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
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.
Read Full Review >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.
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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
A naughtily funny, skin-deep satire.
Dallas Observer Bill Gallo
In his observant, swiftly paced Stardom, Arcand does it all with relentless wit, high style, and a suggestion of tragedy.
Read Full Review >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.
TV Guide Ken Fox
For all the film's cleverness -- and it's often very clever -- it's as thin as its heroine.
Read Full Review >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.
New York Post Lou Lumenick
A glitzy and shallow satire about shallow people.
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Takes us down a familiar path without discovering anything new along the way.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Film.com John Hartl
Stardom just doesn't have enough anger or conviction to carry it to a satisfying finish.
Read Full Review >Variety Brendan Kelly
The irony is that this film about the superficiality of celebrity-crazed Western society is itself somewhat superficial.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The New York Times A.O. Scott
Stardom makes its metaphor of 15 minutes seem like a lifetime.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Dennis Lim
With a few exceptions, most of the laughs in Stardom are cheap...and worse, the ideas beyond platitudinous.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
Sitting through this barrage of all-purpose insults aimed at obvious targets was an unenlightening chore.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Stephen Hunter
Tells us nothing we didn't already know, and it tells it over and over and over.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
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.
