An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn

  • 1998


MOVIE IS hysterical tedious surgical annoying ironic
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8 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
See Where to Watch An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
Positive Reviews 4
Negative reviews 12
Average Rating 1.6/5
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0.5
What turns the witlessness rancid is the way the movie is saturated in the very corruption it thinks its ridiculing. EW
0.0
A spectacularly bad film incompetent, unfunny, ill conceived, badly executed, lamely written, and acted by people who look trapped in the headlights. Rogerebert
4.5
A caustic but under funny expose of the venality of the motion picture business. Variety
3.1
The picture is just a spoof, getting by on wit and a parade of celebrity cameos. Within its modest scope, it pretty much succeeds. San Francisco Chronicle
2.5
But thats probably a good thing, because snideness is a lot funnier than kindness and, in this case, it provides the movie with some of its best momen .. San Francisco Chronicle
0.5
The plot is uninteresting, boring and bad. The structure of the film is annoying, repetitive and pretentious. The acting is pretty bad, especially Jac .. JoBlo
3.8
The normally funny Eric Idle doesnt seem to get a single laugh he just frets. Combust Ible Celluloid
1.5
If you harbor an interest in watching so called industry smarts autodestruct, this carries a certain morbid appeal, but thats about the extent of it. Chicago Reader
0.0
Pity everyone involved with this excessive, ego driven satire of excess and ego. Its too bad that only directors can remove their names from noxious m .. Internet Reviews
2.0
A hollow, tedious (even at 86 minutes its long), and dated inside joke (constant references to Michael Ovitz and the Japanese might have been funny in .. Boxoffice Magazine
1.3
A crude, vulgar satire of Hollywood shallowness, insincerity and moral bankruptcy. Movies Tv Guide
0.0
Burning is too good for such a wretched fiasco; only a surgical nuclear strike could suitably destroy what has to be one of the most enervating comedi .. La Times
1.9
Eszterhas is no Chayefsky; theres a hysterical aint we naughty edge here that sinks every scene. Articles Chicago Tribune
1.9
The level of humor could be called sophomoric, but that would insult most sophomores. Seattle Times
0.6
Burn Hollywood Burn! is one of the most clever bad movies I have seen in my entire life. Cinema Phile
2.9
In an ironic twist of fate, the actual director (Arthur Hiller) wanted his name off the real finished product, pulling an Alan Smithee. Now THATS funn .. Apollo Guide
1.5
Although its wildly uneven, this satire on the movie business, which was written by Joe Eszterhas, is peppered with uproarious touches.



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