Bowfinger

Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 13, 1999

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71	METASCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critics

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60

Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum

Enjoyable but thin. Read full review

60

Washington PostRita Kempley

Lacks emotional depth and intellectual sincerity. Read full review

50

Village VoiceJ. Hoberman

Never hits a note of high hilarity. Read full review

50

Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt

Bowfinger is mediocre . . . can be irksome, tedious, and hard to sit through. Read full review

50

Dallas ObserverHinson

With the exception of Murphy . . . the rest of the cast Oz has assembled acquit themselves only adequately or worse. Read full review

50

TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh

Feels soft without being especially affectionate, and only sporadically funny. Read full review

50

Austin ChronicleSarah Hepola

Just enough laughs to keep you from feeling blatantly shortchanged. Read full review

40

SalonAndrew O'Hehir

Mechanical plot that seems dull even before it laboriously clanks and screeches into motion. Read full review

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