Starsuckers

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Starsuckers

2009

1h 43m

Documentary

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Filmmaker Chris Atkins explores human beings' desire to be famous and how that affects society.

Isabel Stevens

Sight & Sound

The public are either sneered at or cast as victims, and throughout the psyche of the celeb-addict remains elusive.

Apr 6, 2017

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

Atkins is keener to bring comedy to the subject with a series of stunts that make for amusing if hardly revelatory watching

Rated: 3/5

Oct 30, 2009

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

Starsuckers, a rather gimmicky documentary, certainly fails to contribute much to the table.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 30, 2009

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Nikki Baughan

Roll Credits

The old adage of 'don't believe what you read' has never been more true, but Starsuckers goes way beyond that. It calls into question the autonomy, trust and authority of our most well-known print and TV media outlets.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 28, 2019

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Cosmo Landesman

Sunday Times (UK)

Atkins deserves credit for a lively and thought-provoking documentary on a subject more suitable to a book than a film.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 6, 2009

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

This lively, ludic documentary about fame, celebrity and the mass media is an entertaining mess.

Nov 6, 2009

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An interesting polemic look at the manufactured world of mass media and some of the problems that underpin it. At times the style of the documentary jars and doesn't know itself, but the Max Clifford footage alone given recent events makes you think about the rest more.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Obnoxiously condescending in it's delivery of mostly obvious information about the media and fame. The most interesting part was near the end when they exposed Bob Geldof's well intentioned charitable acts as red herrings sponsored by big media and government, perhaps causing more harm than good.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

Brilliant and underrated.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

A hot mess of an exposé documentary on celebrity worship.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

A semi-decent analysis of pervasive celebrity culture. Suitable for Media Studies A Level students.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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a very entertaining and interesting to watch documentary, which strikes some very true cords. Hmm... I wonder why the media didn't review this documentary well. ;)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Rupert Degas

Narrator

Ellis Cashmore

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Max Clifford

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Chris Atkins explores human beings' desire to be famous and how that affects society.

Director: Chris Atkins
Producer: Felicity Leabeater, Christina Slater
Screenwriter: Chris Atkins
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 43m