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Delirious (2007)

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Reviews Counted:55

Fresh:46

Rotten:9

Average Rating:6.8/10

Consensus: A funny, energetic satire of the paparazzi life and the entertainment industry, Delirious is another winner for indie helmer Tom DiCillo.

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Director Tom DiCillo scrutinizes the entertainment industry once again (see also: LIVING IN OBLIVION and THE REAL BLONDE) with DELIRIOUS. The film stars Steve Buscemi as a scuzzy New York... Director Tom DiCillo scrutinizes the entertainment industry once again (see also: LIVING IN OBLIVION and THE REAL BLONDE) with DELIRIOUS. The film stars Steve Buscemi as a scuzzy New York City-based paparazzi photographer named Les, and Michael Pitt as a homeless wannabe thespian named Toby. Toby moves into Les's squalid Lower East Side apartment and works, for free, as his assistant. But it doesn't take long before Toby's career is on the up after he's invited to an exclusive party by Les. Toby meets casting director Dana (Gina Gershon) at the party, and subsequently meets pop star K'harma (Alison Lohman). Dana helps Toby to realize his silver screen dreams, while K'harma becomes his celebrity girlfriend. Unfortunately Les, who becomes apoplectic with rage at this sudden upturn in his protege's life, decides to stalk Toby and, fueled by bitterness and jealousy, plots to bring his career to an abrupt halt. Buscemi gives a wonderful performance as the cranky Les, perfectly portraying a self-loathing New Yorker whose brash exterior masks genuine insecurity and grave personal disappointment. Pitt, Lohman, and Gershon also deserve praise for the way they inhabit the kind of characters that run rife throughout the film and music industries. DELIRIOUS further develops various ideas from DiCillo's previous work, particularly THE REAL BLONDE, and his oeuvre is slowly developing into a fascinating treatise on the love/hate relationship he grudgingly endures with the entertainment industry. [More]

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon, Elvis Costello

Director: Tom DiCillo

Director: Tom DiCillo
Screenwriter: Tom DiCillo
Producer: Robert Salerno
Composer: Anton Sanko
Studio: Peace Arch Entertainment

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Steve Buscemi and Michael Pitt are easily the best odd couple the movies have seen since Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
03/15/09
Beverly Berning
Beverly Berning
culturevulture.net

Leaves us with the same old familiar and empty Hollywood storyline on the world of celebrity culture.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/23/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

It's not as sharp as his indie gems from the mid-1990s, but the thing's packed with bright performances and unique characters, which is what DiCillo does best.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
05/08/08
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

The film isn't as broadly funny as the previous DiCillo-Buscemi collaboration Living in Oblivion, but its outsiders peering in have an uncomfortable resonance.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/05/08
Jesse Hassenger
Jesse Hassenger
Filmcritic.com

DiCillo's themes are loyalty and friendship and betrayal and redemption.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment 1 Comment
12/13/07
Jonathan F. Richards
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com

DiCillo hasn't lost his gift for artfully skewering both those basking in fame's spotlight and those lurking in the shadows, while still finding a measure of affection for all of them.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
12/03/07
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
N/R

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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
11/02/07
Sydney Morning Herald

For all its time-worn situations and observations, Delirious has a truth or two to impart about our lust for celebrities.

Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel | comment Comment
11/01/07
Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel

A victim of its own vitriol.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
11/01/07
Eric Kohn
Eric Kohn
Orlando Weekly

This satirical comedy is a connoisseur's delight, with Steve Buscemi in top form as the runt of a paparazzo who tries to exploit a homeless young man.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/27/07
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile Critics
Urban Cinefile

Mature paparazzi drama isn't quite in focus.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
10/22/07
S. Jhoanna Robledo
S. Jhoanna Robledo
Common Sense Media
N/R

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
10/13/07
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As always, Buscemi masters his portrayal of needy desperation, but he still makes Les admirable for his capacity to go with the flow.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
10/05/07
Jeff Shannon
Jeff Shannon
Seattle Times

DiCillo is ultimately grounded in the eccentric, awkward relationship

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
10/04/07
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

With Delirious, writer-director Tom DiCillo has crafted a wonderfully giddy meditation on the nature of fame, the people who sell it and those doing the buying, and their mutually parasitic dependence on each other.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
09/14/07
David Wiegand
David Wiegand
San Francisco Chronicle

The jokes are sparse and predictable, and the storytelling is, too. But Buscemi and Gershon have great fun with their roles, and Pitt is strangely agreeable about the whole thing.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
09/14/07
Shawn Levy
Shawn Levy
Oregonian

The movie is a provocative little pleasure, and the gleefully vile Buscemi and dreamy-eyed Pitt make a fine 21st-century odd couple.

Full Review Source: Contra Costa Times | comment Comment
09/14/07
Mary F. Pols
Mary F. Pols
Contra Costa Times

DiCillo's spot-on writing -- and the exceptional performances by Buscemi and Pitt -- creates a touching and vivid friendship that stabilizes the film.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
09/13/07
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

DiCillo finds comedy in the tragic, depth in the shallowness, and surprises in the cliché

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
09/12/07
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

A great romp with both Steve Buscemi and Michael Pitt having the time of their lives. Especially fun to see Pitt do something completely different.

Full Review Source: Monsters and Critics | comment Comment
09/07/07
Ron Wilkinson
Ron Wilkinson
Monsters and Critics
 
 
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