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      The Muse

      1999, Comedy, 1h 37m

      79 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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      Despite quirky and original writing, the subject matter feels too removed to produce laughs. Read critic reviews

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      Screenwriter Steven Phillips (Albert Brooks) seemingly has it all, including an Academy Award for his latest script. But he's hit an artistic dry patch, so his writer friend Jack Warrick (Jeff Bridges) recommends the services of Sarah Little (Sharon Stone), a woman he swears is a veritable muse. Steven takes her on and is suddenly more inspired to create. Her services, however, come at a very steep price and Steven becomes suspicious about who Sarah really is and what she wants.

      • Rating: PG-13

      • Genre: Comedy

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Albert Brooks

      • Producer: Herb Nanas

      • Writer: Albert Brooks, Monica McGowan Johnson

      • Release Date (Theaters):  original

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      • Box Office (Gross USA): $11.6M

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      • Distributor: USA Films, October Films

      • Production Co: October Films

      • Sound Mix: Surround

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      • Jan 02, 2012

        Original neurotic comedy, Albert Brooks' The Muse it's not very funny, dispite being entretaining.

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      • Jul 21, 2011

        Albert Brooks tale of a Hollywood writer facing the end of his career is unintentionally ironic and kinda sad to watch. The help of major Tinseltown players do little to support a work wherein Brooks himself only comes across as bitter and alienating. Sharon Stone as the titular character: blech. Only Andie MacDowell escapes unscathed. Pass.

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      • Jul 20, 2010

        I normally like Albert Brooks's films. Obviously Broadcast News and Defending Your Life are fantastic, and in those films, his neurotic, Woody Allen demeanor is charming, clever, and funny. But here he's just annoying and occasionally he's almost creepily over-bearing. As a film, The Muse has a lot of wasted time spent on people driving in the "beautiful" plasticity of L.A. and banal dialogue like "You should call him." [Dramatic pause.] "I'll call him." A film exploring the writing process might have been more interesting, but like his character, I fear Brooks has lost his edge.

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      • Aug 21, 2008

        It's gentle, warm and funny rather than being a hilarious attack on Hollywood. Yes it captures the natures of Hollywood fads and the shallow nature of the industry, but never in a convincing way. This isn't ALtman's The Player. Some celebrity cameos are quite funny with Cameron and Scorsese parodying themselves, but they do feel rather thrown in at the last minute. Not enough of Bridges, who can own any film, and Brooks just comes off as whiny and stupid. Perhaps it could have been better if the screenplay to Brooks' movie within a movie sounded any good, but all Stone can inspire is a tepid Hollywood idea like so many others.

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