The Hollywood Sign

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04/23/2020 It can be fun, at times, to see the old pros Steiger, Reynolds, and Berenger do their schtick, but the storyline is quite weak. See more 07/08/2016 3 stars plus a star that about makes it right 4 this 1 See more 01/09/2012 Exercice de style (Mise en abyme) . Sympa See more 01/15/2010 I admit the main (and perhaps only) reason I wanted to see this movie is the fact it is based on a novel by Dutch author Leon de Winter. I had hoped he had produced a story interesting enough to make a good movie. Unfortunately, the story is interesting enough, but the film isn’t. I like the way De Winter used his obvious interest in movies and Hollywood to come up with an imaginative, kind of postmodern concept. The reason I am willing to go to 2.5 stars is the intricacy of the plot and the fact it becomes impossible in the end to make out which parts were real and which were part of an acted-out film script. Continuing on a positive note, I would like to pay my compliments to the aging actors (Berenger, Steiger and Reynolds) for still doing such a fabulous job and for lending themselves for this unusual production. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is that doesn’t make this movie work, but fact is it just doesn’t. I guess it has something to do with the direction and the ill-chosen, cheap background music. I felt some scenes just took way too long and only made the protagonists’ clumsiness all the more annoying. I realize the many illogical elements in the plot are supposed to be part of the peculiar script, but still they manage to irritate the viewer. How could a bunch of clumsy old actors ever successfully impress and intimidate a bunch of criminals, and how could a female scriptwriter who was once friends with one of the actors play a convincing femme fatale accomplice (until, of course, one realizes all this was not real)? And why on earth did the corpse have to be taken home and kept in a freezer? The twist at the end of the movie makes you aware of the fact you’ve been watching something other than you thought, and that this was cleverly invented, but that doesn’t change the fact the movie as such is just not an entertaining view, but a rather lame and dull experience. An opportunity sorely missed, I would call it. See more 08/06/2009 The plot is an interesting idea, too bad the filmmakers didn't make better use of a good idea. The cast is fine - good stars. But it is downright boring at times. When you are happy to see the credits, that is probably not a good sign for the film... See more 03/12/2007 The plot is an interesting idea, too bad the filmmakers didn't make better use of a good idea. The cast is fine - good stars. But it is downright boring at times. When you are happy to see the credits, that is probably not a good sign for the film... See more Read all reviews

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