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Stardom
Lions Gate Films Inc.
FILM:
MPAA 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.
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Denys Arcand
Jacob Potashnik
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Denys Arcand
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 25, 2001
Video: September 25, 2001
Theatrical: October 27, 2000
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| RUNNING TIME: |
100 minutes, BW / Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France / Canada |
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...
83
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.
80
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.
75
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.
75
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.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A naughtily funny, skin-deep satire.
70
Dallas Observer
Bill Gallo
In his observant, swiftly paced Stardom, Arcand does it all with relentless wit, high style, and a suggestion of tragedy.
63
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.
60
TV Guide
Ken Fox
For all the film's cleverness -- and it's often very clever -- it's as thin as its heroine.
50
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.
50
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
A glitzy and shallow satire about shallow people.
40
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Takes us down a familiar path without discovering anything new along the way.
40
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.
40
Film.com
Robert Horton
What keeps Stardom watchable is Arcand's droll humor.
30
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.
30
Film.com
John Hartl
Stardom just doesn't have enough anger or conviction to carry it to a satisfying finish.
30
Variety
Brendan Kelly
The irony is that this film about the superficiality of celebrity-crazed Western society is itself somewhat superficial.
25
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.
20
The New York Times
A.O. Scott
Stardom makes its metaphor of 15 minutes seem like a lifetime.
20
Village Voice
Dennis Lim
With a few exceptions, most of the laughs in Stardom are cheap...and worse, the ideas beyond platitudinous.
10
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Sitting through this barrage of all-purpose insults aimed at obvious targets was an unenlightening chore.
0
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
Tells us nothing we didn't already know, and it tells it over and over and over.
 The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
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