An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

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An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

R

Released Feb 27, 1998

1h 26m

Comedy

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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

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

A comedy without laughs, an expose without point.

Rated: 1.5/4

Mar 25, 2013

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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

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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

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Caffeinated Clint

Moviehole

Not even Stallone and Jackie Chan can save it..

Rated: 2/5

Feb 3, 2009

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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

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amine karoui

masterpiece !!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/24

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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