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Starsuckers

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

Critics Reviews

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Isabel Stevens Sight & Sound 04/06/2017
The public are either sneered at or cast as victims, and throughout the psyche of the celeb-addict remains elusive. Go to Full Review Dave Calhoun Time Out 10/30/2009
3/5
Atkins is keener to bring comedy to the subject with a series of stunts that make for amusing if hardly revelatory watching Go to Full Review Wendy Ide The Times (UK) 10/30/2009
2/5
Starsuckers, a rather gimmicky documentary, certainly fails to contribute much to the table. Go to Full Review Nikki Baughan Roll Credits 10/28/2019
4/5
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. Go to Full Review Cosmo Landesman Sunday Times (UK) 11/06/2009
4/5
Atkins deserves credit for a lively and thought-provoking documentary on a subject more suitable to a book than a film. Go to Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) 11/06/2009
This lively, ludic documentary about fame, celebrity and the mass media is an entertaining mess. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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05/08/2014 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. See more 01/30/2013 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. See more 10/12/2012 Brilliant and underrated. See more 01/31/2012 A hot mess of an exposé documentary on celebrity worship. See more 10/21/2011 A semi-decent analysis of pervasive celebrity culture. Suitable for Media Studies A Level students. See more 09/03/2011 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. ;) See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Chris Atkins

Director

Rupert Degas

Narrator

Ellis Cashmore

Actor

Max Clifford

Actor

Josef D'Bache-Kane

Actor

Nick Davies

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Movie Info

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