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Terrible

posted 15 years ago by Gotensive
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Outside of Malkovich's very good performance, this film was repetitive junk. All it showed was Conway hanging out in bars trying to convince guys that he's Stanley Kubrick so they'll either give him free drinks/food, or sleep with him. It gets old real quick, and we get no insight as to what drives Conway's need to escape the insignificance of his life. Also, every single character in the movie is apparently an idiot, mainly because they simply believe Conway's word, and they never bother asking him to show any kind of proof that he's Stanley Kubrick. In fact, with one exception, none of them even ask him info on any of Kubrick's movies! It's ridiculous. In the end, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone unless your a die-hard Kubrick fan who wants to see anything that simply involves his name being mentioned. It truly is a terrible movie, 2/10.

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[–] dyahrmarkt 14 years ago

I think I liked it a bit more than you as a mild amusement, but I generally agree that this was Malkovich's show all the way. The director, Brian Cook, didn't really have a consistent tone for what he wanted the film to be - a satire and Kubrick-ian homage? A slapstick? It was all over the place.

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[–] mike_cable 12 years ago

I found the first third of it quite funny, then it did get a little repetitive but it was interesting to see his downfall developing. The guy in the bar who tricked him with the wrong film was a surprise. Overall I would give it more like a 5 our of 10.