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'What Just Happened?': Not Too Muchnew
What Just Happened? is only partly successful in its attempts to wallow in the wickedness of the motion picture industry, as a scattershot screenplay by veteran producer Art Linson (adapting his own memoir) perpetually keeps losing sight of the important targets.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
11-07-2008 |
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Hollywood Takes a Stab at Hollywood in 'What Just Happened?'new
I'm going to suggest one measure for judging a Hollywood satire: Does it leave you wanting to see the fictional film-within-the-film it dramatizes? If not, the L.A. story probably doesn't qualify as a success
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-29-2008 |
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'What Just Happened?' Proves Barry Levinson Still Can't Directnew
In addition to getting wrong the proverbial Hollywood shibboleths (about violence, pets, etc.), Levinson and screenwriter Art Linson fake concern over selling out when everybody knows it is the way of things: Our tabloid media specializes in celebrating it.
New York Press |
Armond White |
10-16-2008 |
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Political Crisisnew
Robin Williams and Barry Levinson need to stop working together on movies.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-18-2006 |
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Tags: Barry Levinson, Man of the Year
Barry Levinson Throws a Cinematic Softball at Voter Fraud
Writer/director Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”) squanders an attempt to stir debate over republican voter fraud that marred the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections, and that threatens to cloud the upcoming 2008 balloting, with an imploding satire about a television comedian who runs for President of the United States.
Tags: Barry Levinson, Man of the Year
