Barry Levinson built his career on a reputation of being bitingly satirical, enjoying success with Good Morning, Vietnam, Rain Man and Wag the Dog. A few minor misfires like Sphere and Robin Williams vehicle Man of the Year, haven't really sullied his name, with a major cast signing up for his latest cynical venture.
Set against the Hollywood backdrop of child support, ex-wives, therapy, and affairs of the heart, mind and bedroom, What Just Happened? is based on the memoir of successful movie bigwig Art Linson and stars Robert De Niro in the central role of a fading movie producer. The inner bowels of the movie business is on show: its tantrums, over-indulgences, cynicism and general distrust and fear of the next crisis. Also stars Catherine Keener, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, Robyn Wright Penn.
I apologise, we feel bad, but there's no trailer available. ~Ed.
Didn't like this one at all, a waste of an evening.
something about the lives of Hollywood personalities. Seems overplayed and underinteresting and with such a cast, this shouldn't have been.
A playful industry satire made by victors. That's actually pretty cold when you think about it.
The question is: What has Levinson and Linson brought to this re-make that is exciting, new and different? Not much.
The movie is brilliant at portraying the incredibly high stakes of the seemingly inconsequential and the tremendous amounts of money spent on it.
Not an insightful look into movie-making but well-acted, easy entertainment.
Think of it as old Hollywood's version of "Entourage," an insider's take on the greed and vanity that make Tinseltown tick.
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 19th Nov 2009.
Release date: November 19th 2009.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
