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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

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The cast and crew of an action movie tell why its institutionalized director stole and destroyed the film.
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A witless Hollywood satire whose hammy, obvious jokes are neither funny nor insightful of the movie business.

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John Hartl Seattle Times The level of humor could be called sophomoric, but that would insult most sophomores. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 25, 2013 Full Review Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune A comedy without laughs, an expose without point. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 25, 2013 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly What turns the witlessness rancid is the way the movie is saturated in the very corruption it thinks it's ridiculing. Rated: F Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel Joe Eszterhas’ lame, career-killing non-movie is 85 minutes of an over-validated, out-of-touch, inexplicably bitter screenwriter grinding an ax and making O.J. jokes. Rated: 1/5 Aug 9, 2022 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Not even Stallone and Jackie Chan can save it.. Rated: 2/5 Feb 3, 2009 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid It's unafraid of the consequences of its existence, and it's brutally nasty , offensive, and abrasive. In other words, the kind of comedy they used to make in the 70's before things became politically correct. Rated: 3/4 May 26, 2006 Full Review Read all reviews

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amine karoui masterpiece !!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/24/24 Full Review No matter how much I talk about Alan Smithee, I find this film very annoying because it is also directed by Alan Smithee. There is nothing else worth mentioning. 0/4 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/02/22 Full Review Aaron C Worst film I ever seen... I need to watch it again to remind myself of how bad it is Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/08/23 Full Review robert p Well, I debated one star or 1/2 star, but to be fair, I decided to go with one star, a comedy that falls flat! Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the worst film I have ever seen in my entire life. There are not enough superlatives to describe just how gut-wrenchingly awful it is. AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review camille l Le fait d'utiliser Harvey Weinstein himself en détective privé est peut-être ce qui rend Burn Hollywood Burn aussi méchant et osé en 2020, mais force est de constater que le film (renié depuis) d'Arthur Hiller est une comédie réussie sur le Hollywood des années 1990. Clairement, Burn Hollywood Burn est un film foncièrement méchant, de ce fait très inégal et parfois un peu comme un album d'Eminem, débile mais aveuglement incisif et donc qui, à force de taper sur tout le monde tout le temps gratuitement fait parfois mouche. Et comme pour Eminem, le côté sale gosse du film peut énerver car il est réalisé par des adultes en bonne et due forme et non pas des enfants de 10 ans en manque d'attention, mais il témoigne aussi d'une envie de mutinerie assez salvatrice quand les gags font mouche. Chuck D et Coolio sont formidables. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The cast and crew of an action movie tell why its institutionalized director stole and destroyed the film.
Director
Arthur Hiller
Producer
Ben Myron
Screenwriter
Joe Eszterhas
Production Co
Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 27, 1998, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$43.9K
Runtime
1h 26m
Sound Mix
Surround
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