Bowfinger (1999)
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Reviews Counted:107
Fresh:85
Rotten:22
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: A witty commentary on modern film-making, with enough jokes to keep it entertaining throughout.
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When never-has-been director Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) finds a movie script he's convinced will take him to the Oscars, he'll do anything to get the movie made--including lying to his actors,... [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Robert Downey
Director: Frank Oz
Reviews for Bowfinger
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Hugely funny film that mixes knowing satire with winning stupidity, and has Martin and Murphy in form they have rarely managed in recent years. Full Review |
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Preposterous and utterly self-absorbed, this has la-la land down to a tee. Full Review |
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Bowfinger bears the same relation to satire as reports of the weekend grosses do to journalism. Full Review |
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4/5 |
After a decade in the wilderness, it's good to know that Martin can still cut it with the likes of Jim Carrey and Mike Myers. Full Review |
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The best thing about Bowfinger is the way the script by Steve Martin is tooled to his own and Murphy's comic strengths. Full Review |
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This is enjoyable but thin, which is no doubt what was intended. Full Review |
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5/5 |
A showcase for wit. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Mr. Murphy chews the scenery every chance he gets and it recalls what made him such a star in the first place. Full Review |
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79/100 |
Murphy is wonderful ... The plot is mechanical, clunky and boring. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Just watch two of the still funniest guys in the country do what they do best, without a bad script to get in the way. Full Review |
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B+ |
You'll laugh 'til you stop! Full Review |
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C+ |
This all has the potential to become a sidesplitting caper. ... Unfortunately, only a few of the manic scenes work. Full Review |
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5/10 |
[An] entertaining little comedy that should be forgiven for not living to its potential. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
It's lively and frequently funny -- but why does it leave such a sour aftertaste? Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
Lest the movie get too saccharine (and it never does), Eddie Murphy is on hand to juice things up. Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Hilarious. Full Review |
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Click to read the article Full Review |
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3/4 |
The movie reaches giddy, cartoonish heights, even while it carefully dodges any chance to move beyond skin-deep. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A wicked satire of the absurdity of the Los Angeles lifestyle. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Martin the writer plants some wicked barbs in Hollywood's rear end about creative financing of movies and hoarding of profits, the art of the deal, hipper-than-thou attitudes and exploitation. Full Review |
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