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Zeroville

R Released Sep 20, 2019 1h 36m Comedy TRAILER for List
23% Tomatometer 31 Reviews 38% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Verified Ratings
With two tattoos of Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor on his shaved head, Vikar rides a bus into Hollywood and soon makes an impression on a beautiful actress -- thus beginning a dreamlike journey through the film business in the 1970s.
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Critics Consensus

Potentially an ironic favorite for cult film fans, Zeroville is a fundamentally misguided -- and descriptively titled -- passion project for its director and star.

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Lillian Crawford Little White Lies This filth grates all the more because the film is so unbearably smug. Sep 23, 2019 Full Review Stephen Rodrick Globe and Mail To say it is for Franco completists only seems just. Rated: 2/4 Sep 22, 2019 Full Review Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Franco embraces the zero in his title, producing a film that starts to feel like a middle finger to both Hollywood and anyone who searches for meaning in it. Rated: .5/4 Sep 20, 2019 Full Review Hunter Lanier Film Threat Vikar is just a weird guy left out to dry on a plotline. Rated: 4/10 Oct 3, 2019 Full Review Carlos Boyero El Pais (Spain) Film that doesn't understand what's ridiculous. [Full Review in Spanish] Sep 28, 2019 Full Review Jordan Snowden Pittsburgh City Paper Perhaps if I had read the book, Zeroville the film would have made more sense. Sep 27, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Debra Boring. Nothing really happened. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/30/19 Full Review Satellite S One word SUCKS… So there making me write more bs about this movie, but really you don't need it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Tim Movie is aggressive with its agenda. Some of the aggressiveness paid off while most of it sadly didn't. The cast was great and were believable playing parts they would not normally play. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/19/22 Full Review Audience Member James Franco evolves his career as frequent director on screening his visualizations inspired by his unique reading list stemmed from his rejuvenated education pursuit, despite better as reading material than a matching adapted film set with "The Disaster Artist" actually being his best work. His latest in "Zeroville" had potential further intrigued by gathering his buddies to take the appreciative conversations towards the cinema in the influentially discussed 60s seriously, which their genuine efforts by a switch been felt with occasional humorous chuckle signifying their irresistible comic, alongside showcasing meaningfulness towards the industrial art. It provides signs of another cult classic to a provoked thought, but what truly faltered the film in decline is the contrived chemistry in additional adjacence to mechanically repetitive line delivery that lost convincing connection amidst ill-conceived, nonsensically lowbrow interferences that seems to reflect a certain belief taught and carried through the film. You can value its appreciative gesture towards Hollywood with playful figures, but the picture gets progressively hazy after the ill-mattered first impression in the beginning. (C+) Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member It's Sufficiently Bizarre To Be Mildly Thought Provoking..At Least On An MTV Post-Pop-Punk Level. Otherwise, There Is Just A Bunch Of Cobbled Together Scenes That Develop Into Some Sort Of Story With No Continuity, Which I Gather Is A Nod To The Early Scene & Original Pretense On Continuity Being irrelevant In Many Films..Never Affecting The Overall Outcome. Or In This Case, I Beg To Differ, As It Was All Too Confusing & Bizarre. Required More But Gave Less. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Odd little movie that just seemed to miss the mark for the most part 2.4 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis With two tattoos of Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor on his shaved head, Vikar rides a bus into Hollywood and soon makes an impression on a beautiful actress -- thus beginning a dreamlike journey through the film business in the 1970s.
Director
James Franco
Producer
Caroline Aragon, Vince Jolivette, Michael Mendelsohn
Screenwriter
Paul Felten, Ian Olds
Distributor
myCinema
Production Co
RabbitBandini Productions, Universal Studios
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Brief Drug Use|Some Sexual Content/Nudity)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 20, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 17, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.0K
Runtime
1h 36m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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