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Living in Oblivion

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Living in Oblivion (1995)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:21

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Filmmaker Nick Reve has only one thing on his mind: completing his low-budget, independent film. That may sound simple, but every day is a challenge. Take this morning, for example, which has... Filmmaker Nick Reve has only one thing on his mind: completing his low-budget, independent film. That may sound simple, but every day is a challenge. Take this morning, for example, which has already gotten off to a terrible start. First, his star players, egotistical heart-throb Chad Palomino and insecure but gifted Nicole, aren't getting along. It seems they haven't recovered from their bad one-night stand. Nick's tough assistant director Wanda has just broken it off with her cameraman beau Wolf, so he's in a rotten mood, too. And the technicians can't get the equipment working. To top it all off, Nick's mentally impaired mother has escaped from her rest home and walked onto the set. It's one of those days where Murphy's Law reigns supreme... and anything can happen next. [More]

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Dermot Mulroney, Catherine Keener, James Le Gros

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Dermot Mulroney, Catherine Keener, James Le Gros, Nick Reve, Danielle Von Zerneck, Rica Martens, Peter Dinklage, Kevin Corrigan

Director: Tom DiCillo

Director: Tom DiCillo
Screenwriter: Tom DiCillo

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Reviews for Living in Oblivion

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Geoff Andrew

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Todd McCarthy

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Combustible Celluloid

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Brian Tallerico

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comment Comment | Apr., 11 2007 07:41 PM

UGO

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5/5

Rob Gonsalves

Probably the best and funniest of the mid-’90s crop of movies about making movies.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2007 03:15 AM

eFilmCritic.com

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Emanuel Levy

A valentine to the independent film world, DiCillo's version of Truffaut's Night for Day offers a smart, amusing look at the perils of low-budget filmmaking; the ensemble acting is superb.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 23 2007 11:55 PM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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Eric Melin

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comment Comment | Sep., 29 2006 07:26 AM

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Thomas Delapa

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comment Comment | Jul., 01 2005 04:30 PM

Boulder Weekly

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Jake Euker

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comment Comment | Oct., 30 2004 04:34 PM

F5 (Wichita, KS)

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4/5

Carol Cling

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comment Comment | Feb., 20 2004 12:36 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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4/5

Greg Maki

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comment Comment | Jan., 08 2004 09:26 PM

Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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0/4

Jeanne Aufmuth

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 24 2003 08:11 AM

Palo Alto Weekly

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4/5

Ken Hanke

Really clever little comedy about low-budget filmmaking with Buscemi at his best.

comment Comment | Aug., 24 2003 08:00 PM

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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2/5

Nick Davis

Sluggish, dumbly overpraised farce about an indie movie I would never see, but I still might pick over this one.

comment Comment | Aug., 16 2003 10:55 PM

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Janet Maslin

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Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece

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PopMatters

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3/4

Walter Chaw

Meaty and witty, the sort of product that rewards a closer examination even as it buggers intimacy.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 02 2003 03:24 AM

Film Freak Central

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B+

Mark Robison

Desperately funny.

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Reno Gazette-Journal

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3/5

Philip Martin

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comment Comment | Jan., 09 2003 12:09 PM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Karina Montgomery

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