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Stardom

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Dozens of television cameras provide a provocative expose of our fame-obsessed culture in "Stardom," a spicy and darkly humorous tale of a young model's meteoric rise. The result is a unique reflection of celebrity in which life imitates art, art imitates life, and the media imitates anything and everything. "Stardom" is about the power of beauty and more importantly, about the power of the media -- and its preoccupation with celebrity.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Mar 22, 2002 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 1, 2001 Full Review Jae-Ha Kim Jae-Ha Kim A model stares at the camera. She is beautiful and her expression is blank. “It was fun,” she says of her life. “It was all fun, until it was not fun.” For the viewer, “Stardom” is not so much fun. Rated: 1/4 Jul 28, 2023 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com A clever and biting satire from Denys Arcand. Rated: 4/5 Nov 5, 2007 Full Review Jason Gorber Film Scouts Arcand succeeds by being both intimate and detached from his subject matter, namely, listening to the repetitive beats from the heart of the American star making machine. Rated: A+ Jun 21, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Tim R Really good acting by the cast elevates a hit and miss satire of fame. What is really missing is more insight into the lead, but I do get the movie made her a cypher on purpose. The point really is how superficial beauty is and how people just graft onto her and want to use and/or own her. The fact that until the end every guy who was with her basically ruined themselves financially or reputationally is a good joke. I think people at the time misunderstood this, thinking it was a satire of the fashion industry, when it really is more of a female Forrest Gump examination about fame and how it effects people interacting with a famous beautiful woman, how she got it and how she lost it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/25 Full Review Harry M The characters in this movie entertained me. Quite enjoyed it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review dave s Stardom proves to be a bit of a departure from what audiences have come to expect from director Denys Arcand, whose previous films, including Jesus of Montreal and The Barbarian Invasions, have been thoughtful meditations on the human condition. A condemnation of the media's ability to create stars and then dismantle them, Stardom is a mockumentary of sorts that follows the rise and fall of Tina Menzhal (Jessica Pare), a young model from small town Ontario. The primary problem with the film would seem to be the script, directionless at best and filled with stilted dialogue that never rings true. To make matters worse, Pare's performance is brutal and is matched by an embarrassing showing from Dan Akroyd as a restauranteur who inexplicably becomes a love interest for the beautiful but daft model. The whole thing feels like a lark for the otherwise accomplished Arcand, a waste of time for both the director and the audience. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting, and I thought the approach worked. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member I really don't know why so many people disliked this movie. I honestly LOVED it! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Despite strong acting by many (especially Dan Aykroyd), and a few good cameos (Arcand really likes them), the movie in itself is slow and uninteresting. Once again, Arcand tries to play the sociologist by expressing his opinions clumsily, using the same techniques over and over again since his first movies. I think that he is not the great intellectual he wish he were. The storyline, which follows rising star Tina Menzhal, doesn't bring any new or particularly original insight into the shallow and transient world of fashion. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Dozens of television cameras provide a provocative expose of our fame-obsessed culture in "Stardom," a spicy and darkly humorous tale of a young model's meteoric rise. The result is a unique reflection of celebrity in which life imitates art, art imitates life, and the media imitates anything and everything. "Stardom" is about the power of beauty and more importantly, about the power of the media -- and its preoccupation with celebrity.
Director
Denys Arcand
Producer
Robert Lantos, Denise Robert
Screenwriter
Denys Arcand, Jacob Potashnik
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Production Co
Ministère de la Culture/Communication, Government of Ontario, Alliance Atlantis Communications, SODEC, Cinémaginaire Inc., Super Ecran, Centre National de la Cinematographie, Serendipity Point Films, Le Studio Canal +, Téléfilm Canada, The Movie Network (TMN), Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Ciné B
Rating
R (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 27, 2000, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 19, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.6K
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.66:1)