Maps to the Stars

  • 2014


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Average Rating 3.1/5
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2.8
Its a movie youve seen many times before, just never in the perverse key of Cronenberg. Av Club
1.5
The goal here is cynical satire. The result, sadly, is just a yawn. EW
3.8
Like Cronenbergs little seen but fascinating Spider, Maps to the Stars often feels like a ghost story made by people who dont believe in the supernatu .. Rogerebert
3.8
Every missive hits its target hard with a comedy horror combo aimed squarely at the kind of commercial stupidity that Cronenberg has avoided throughou .. Indie Wire
1.5
But Havana isnt the only one reciting that films famous monologue. Variety
2.0
Moore steals most of the show with a cocktail of airhead desperation and drug addled obliviousness that make Havana a walking tabloid scandal thats no .. We Got This Covered
3.0
This creepy portrait of Beverly Hills screw ups is deeply silly, but it has just enough venomous bite Time Out
4.0
A tale of terminal Tinseltown wastrels with the twisted structure of a Greek tragedy and the rictus grin of a freshly poisoned sitcom. The Guardian
4.0
Staffords own 13 year old son Benjie (Evan Bird) is the star of a hugely lucrative franchise teen movie series entitled Bad Babysitter. The Guardian
4.4
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
3.8
She sells it to the point where you start to wonder if there isnt some grain of truth to the film.
4.5
The film doesnt quite get away with its attempt to reconcile satire with pathos, but it comes perilously close. Screen Daily
1.5
There are scads of scabrous inside Hollywood psychodramas, but never a festering pyre on the order of David Cronenberg and Bruce Wagners Maps to the S .. Vulture
1.5
Paradoxically, Havana is both the most hysterical and most self aware person onscreen here hysterical precisely because shes painfully aware shes look .. The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Screenwriter Bruce Wagner (whos been skillfully dissecting Hollywood misfits high and low since his 1991 novel, Force Majeure) has crafted a darkly hu ..
4.5
It may not be the freshest metaphor, but Mr. Wagners low key creepiness and Mr. Cronenbergs spooky precision breathe new life into a few other tired i .. The New York Times
3.3
Then theres the end of the film: its jarring to watch a director with such prowess in effects stoop to one of the most distracting and poorly crafted .. Paste Magazine
3.5
Jerome doesnt believe in writing anything that he hasnt experienced firsthand. IGN
5.0
Cronenbergs film takes place in a kind of pharmaceutically heightened hyper reality of its own: its not so much a twisted dream of making it in show b .. Telegraph
4.5
Although the physical and emotional brutality on display is tough to take, its hard to dismiss the films pitch dark ironies, painful truths and incend ..
3.5
Moore doesnt hold back with Havana; her performance had the most gusto. The Young Folks
4.0
The Canadian horror maestro scrapes away the surface of Hollywood to discover a magnificently Cronenbergian outbreak of tortured families, reprehensib ..
3.0
Unfortunately, Pattinson is barely worth mentioning, as hes only in a handful of scenes. Cinema Blend
4.0
For all its venom, Maps is one of the more compassionate movies from Cronenberg. Ny Daily News
3.0
It cant be denied though that Bird does a great job, although its a vicious send up. JoBlo
4.4
Playing possibly the most callous child actor ever born, Evan Bird almost steals the show. The Globe And Mail
2.0
An unappealing drama about two families in Hollywood with dreadful family secrets. Spirituality And Practice
3.8
Love it or hate it,...clearly the work of a filmmaker with a unique as well as provocative vision and a distinctive, compelling style. One Guys Opinion
4.5
Whenever Moores onscreen which, thankfully, is often Maps to the Stars works like gangbusters. Village Voice
2.5
Theres a needier than needy actress, played by freshly minted Oscar winner Julianne Moore. Rogers Movie Nation
3.2
While it lacks outright Cronenbergian pleasures, Maps to the Stars repeatedly connects as a dark comedy and insidious display of rancid human behavior .. Blu Ray
5.0
Hes a rude, foul mouthed brat, who doesnt even mind telling reporters to go be intimate with themselves. Combust Ible Celluloid
1.5
Hollywood has been disemboweling itself since... Sunset Boulevard and The Bad and the Beautiful, but those movies seem like Cream of Wheat compared to .. Chicago Reader
2.5
The movie is also unfocused and a little too generalized for its targets to really take a hit. Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Moore plays the self absorbed Havana Segrand, a pretty great name for an aging starlet. Usa Today
4.0
Cronenbergs movie fuses elements of Mommie Dearest and Sunset Blvd with the dreamy surreality of David Lynchs Mulholland Drive ... Radio Times
4.0
Cronenberg doesnt show much affection for a Hollywood that he must know from the inside. Independent
4.4
Cronenbergs dark comic blast into the dazzle and depravity of Hollyweird. Moore delivers a tour de force of ego unleashed. You can laugh with Maps to .. Rolling Stone
5.0
Disturbingly excessive, but perversely funny and emotionally roiling. News Day
1.3
What Havana doesnt know is that Agatha is the daughter of her celebrity self help guru Stafford (Cusack). New York Post
0.5
Exercising spectacular control, director David Cronenberg permits not a single iota of humanity or altruism to sneak into this twisted tale. Film Journal International ..
2.5
In The Player, Robert Altman carves up Hollywood with knowing, surgical precision. Az Central
3.0
A scabrous journey through Hollywoods malignant mindset that starts with narcissism and ends with death rituals. Smh
3.5
More ghost story and psychodrama than satire, Maps to the Stars suggests a world of the inescapable, in which everything comes back to haunt you. Smh
4.5
Yes, it finally shifts into the melodrama thats been just beneath the surface all along, but it ends on an almost elegiac if deeply disturbing note. Mountain X
4.5
I cant recall a film this nasty and bitter and cynical about Hollywood in my lifetime.)
3.8
Kicking at Hollywood foibles is as easy as booting an overripe Halloween pumpkin, and Cronenberg and Wagner dont bring a whole lot new to the table, a .. Toronto Star
1.5
With not one character to care for, viewing this film becomes a dreary task indeed. Reel Talk Reviews
1.5
To perform this merciless a dissection of actorly vanity, youd better have a lineup of vanity free actors. Slate
2.0
The dialogue bites and scratches and there is the sting of something like the truth in certain situations, but as the clunky plot laboriously joins th .. Flim List
4.5
This doesnt deter her from desperately wanting to play her mother in the remake of one of her films.
4.5
According to Cronenberg, the script for Maps to the Stars, by Bruce Wagner, began life more than twenty years ago, and it shows. New Yorker
2.0
A significant disappointment, more grim family saga about a literally incestuous show business family than lively, entertaining or even vaguely amusin .. Express
3.2
Something of a fascinating misfire, still shot and edited with the precise authority that has defined Cronenbergs recent period, but jumbled in the se .. The Film Stage
4.4
Maps to the Stars loses some steam near the end, and its resolution has the predetermined quality of Greek tragedy writ small. Still, I found it (as t .. Chicago Tribune
0.5
The movies an intentionally cold experience that ultimately loses its cool. Boston Globe
2.5
Just because youre rich doesnt mean you have it easy, says every book, ever. Uproxx
4.0
The most unforgivable actions are careless consequences triggered by self regard. The Irish Times
3.8
If Sunset Boulevard, All About Eve and Kenneth Angers Hollywood Babylon took a bunch of prescription medication...had a three way and conceived a chil .. Blogs Indie Wire
2.5
The movie never really gets beyond nastiness, ending with grotesque scenarios that say little about the characters or their circumstances. Las Vegas Weekly
5.0
Detractors may carp that Cronenberg is showing us nothing new, but Maps is so flawless in its execution, it vividly refreshes the subject matter. Total Film
4.0
But here comes scriptwriter Bruce Wagner (with whom Cronenberg has been developing the project for 20 years) to say otherwise: Contrary to critics eas .. Standard
2.5
I dont get it. I look at these images in this film, and I cant imagine this is what anyone had in mind. Hit Fix
3.0
This unsettling combination of stinging satire and calcifying character study is the work of director David Cronenberg, an experienced filmmaker who k .. Herald Sun
2.5
Its a unique layer to a film desperate for ingenuity, but Cronenberg sets these pieces up like a Blumhouse production, complete with stilted acting th .. Consequence Of Sound
4.0
But the ride, no matter how harrowing or bluntly topical of Hollywood faux pas it can be, is an unalloyed laugh riot. Hey U Guys
4.5
Moore delivers the films most consistently, fascinatingly insecure performance, embodying an entire industrys desperation and determination within the .. Film School Rejects
1.5
It offers up plenty of reasons to avoid Hollywood, but few reasons why youd want to watch the movie. Is it a sendup of the film business, a ghostly ni .. Film Ink
2.0
Overbearingly catty, theres little actual meat underneath all the ghoulish cosmetics. Cine Vue
4.0
The cleverly structured script ensures camp melodrama is successfully navigated, while the performances impress the psychological torment of the chara .. Digital Spy
2.0
But where Mulholland Drive was an immersive nightmare that followed its increasingly unhinged characters down the rabbit hole, Maps to the Stars doesn .. Digital Spy
3.0
Its a good match for Cronenberg, but theres no room in the story for anyone grafting machinery into their vital organs, so dont go waiting for Cronenb .. Abc
2.5
Likely fascinating only to people who cant believe celebrities get constipated too. Red Eye Chicago
4.0
Which, of course, means a twisted psychosexual plot with bizarre twists and mindgames aplenty. Independent Ie
4.0
As it explores Hollywoods inbred underbelly, this film becomes increasingly deranged and also rather dark and creepy, but its so fiercely entertaining .. Contact Music
2.0
Its a terribly clumsy moment (see how awful actors can be), the satirical equivalent of a punch to the nose. Film Racket
3.8
Its as if the film takes place after the cautionary tales of A Star is Born and Mulholland Drive have been told, and promptly ignored. Larsen On Film
1.9
Maps zeroes in on all the worst things about Hollywood (especially actors) and cynically pushes them to the limits of grotesquery, but does it have an .. Christianity Today
1.5
Theres a difference between tart and vinegary and Maps to the Stars is consistently on the wrong side of it. Hollywood And Fine
2.5
Its absurdist tone is often at odds with its sermon against inauthenticity and vanity. Ib Times
4.5
At any rate, youre not going to bump into anything else this year that resembles it much at all. Antagony & Ecstasy
3.5
He has the smirking confidence of someone who knows hes too valuable to be punished for his bad behavior. The Dissolve
2.0
Julianne Moore caps off her recent triumph as Best Actress in Still Alice with the portrayal of an actress who is simply the worst. Sandiego Reader
2.0
This isnt a parody of a bad Hollywood satire; its like an alien world thats an antiseptic recreation of Los Angeles shot in bland digital where even t .. Metro New York
1.5
A map to the stars can be two different things: a tacky accessory of celebrity culture, or a diagram of cosmic energy. Film Comment
4.0
Its an unoriginal concept but rarely has this story been told with such visual flair, narrative ingenuity and, despite a character uttering a pivotal .. One Room With A View
1.5
Shes an absolute monster, and its a wickedly entertaining performance and a seemingly self aware one to boot. Flavor Wire
4.4
As Havana Segrand, an actress dying for a big comeback, Moore illustrates her most vibrant and fruitful interpretation since Cathy Whitaker in Far fro .. Awards Circuit
3.1
Ultimately, Maps doesnt take us anywhere we havent been before, but its an occasionally fascinating, if messy, ride. Mercury News
3.8
Hey, as Wilder and Russ Meyer knew, if youre going to skewer your profession, half measures wont do. Bitly
2.0
The whole thing rarely rises above in jokey parody, and we hardly ever care enough about the characters to feel anything at all. The Skinny
4.5
It could be a long time before Canadas favourite son finds himself invited to an awards after party. The Ooh Tray
3.8
Maps to the Stars is the work of a stellar ensemble, fired up by the scripts sharp dialogue. Movie Mezzanine
2.5
The setup primes us for a movie that sparkles with breezy romance, light hearted larceny and deluxe travel accommodations. reason
2.5
The acting is often as flat as the L.A. sunshine looks in this movie, and the whole thing just has a too obvious feel to it; as if the makers watched .. Seattle Times
1.8
One of the ugliest films of the year, Maps to the Stars finds no visual storytelling methods at all, which is especially disappointing given the direc .. Concrete Play Ground
2.5
But Moore isnt supposed to be the center gravity of Maps to the Stars. Ion Cinema
1.0
Her carefree external laughter cannot extinguish the screams inside. New States Man
4.5
O fame; deathless American icons, self delusion; the lurid as quotidian.) New City Film
2.0
When youre not sure if Dr. Phil or Dr. Who is going to show up, thats never a good sign. Blog Bullz Eye
1.5
Maybe thats what attracted the director, although its hard after watching this to say exactly how or why. Sf Weekly
3.1
Moore isnt bad here as a Hollywood star desperate for a role she is targeting; rather, shes very good at being bad. Tulsa World
3.0
How to put this: This doesnt feel like a movie where grown ups were involved. Honey Cutts Hollywood
2.2
Nothing funny or enlightening in this portrayal of the entertainment industry. Movie Chambers
4.0
Remorseless, relentless and underscored by a pitch black humour, this is an acidic assault on a Hollywood stoned on the self delusion that its a hard .. Sky
3.5
For a movie that has so many problems, it is one of the more watchable ones. Film.com
1.8
There are many ways to make a dark(ly comic) tale of Hollywood look good on screen, but this isnt one of them. The Film Experience
4.4
It is not for every taste. It is for the moviegoer who feels kinship with the Japanese gourmand who prizes those toxic slices of puffer fish that numb .. Commercial Appeal
3.0
David Cronenbergs Maps to the Stars gives us a satirical look at the world that surround Hollywood society with several controversial scenes that, som ..
2.0
The hauntings dont scare you, the threats of violence dont worry you, and the jokes are only vaguely amusing. Bbc
3.5
Setting up his characters like so many whirling dervishes in an open square, Cronenberg lets his humans spin in circles, where every so often, they bu .. O Canada
4.0
There isnt anything here to rival the violence of John McNaughtons Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990). Birmingham Mail
0.5
We watch to see the worst in Maps, its revealed, and absolutely nothing about it is surprising. (Even the ghosts are predictable.) Also, unforgivable .. Seattle Weekly
1.5
The problem with Maps to the Stars is not in its stars, but in its script. Penned by screenwriter and novelist Bruce Wagner, its morbid and muddled. Memphis Flyer
4.5
If you take the characters seriously, some of their fates might be upsetting, but the film doesnt really function on an emotional level. Lagniappe Mobile
4.5
Weve seen great movies about HollywoodAltmans The Player, David Lynchs Mulholland Drive. Ny Books
3.5
Moore delivers something remarkable here: a completely ego free portrait of a woman who knows only ego. Dallas News
3.8
Of course, Benjies parents, despite their apparent nurturing and dads therapist pedigree, have raised one screwy kid. Tucson Weekly
2.5
Cronenberg is now in a phase that simply no longer speaks to me, a cold and dreary cinema thats as dull as it is forgettable. ScreenAnarchy
1.5
... as fitting, seductive and gruesome as it is, Maps to the Stars somewhat feels at odds with the directors insistence that the film is anything but .. Electric Sheep Magazine
2.8
A dark film to be sure, even for (director David) Cronenberg. It emerges as an unpleasant, overly harsh critique. Only Julianne Moores knowing take on .. Movie Dearest Blog Spot
3.2
You may be feeling not so charitable about the dream factory. If so, boy howdy, does David Cronenberg have a movie for you. Austin Movie Blog 360
1.5
The dark side of Hollywood is a subgenre in itself and, within it, Maps to the Stars does not navigate a particularly original route.
3.5
David Cronenberg has fashioned a distinguished career making films about death, disease, sexual perversity and violence. But its doubtful hes ever dir .. News Observer
4.5
And yet, beneath the bawdy laughs, the filmmakers serve up a profound meditation on the dream factory that posits these neurotic, astonishingly unfort .. Miamiartzine
1.5
This style, as effective as it is conceptually, doesnt do the bleak humor of Wagners script any favors. Gay City News
1.5
I dont like to call out pre adolescent actors for giving crappy performances because theyre kids doing what theyre told, so well just say hes played b .. Spliced Personality Word P ..
4.0
David Cronenbergs Maps to the Stars instantly ranks as one of the best films about the corrupt evil of Hollywood, as well as one of the best films hes ..
3.5
Has elements of The Players, Mulholland Drive, and Myra Breckenridge. Compuserve
1.5
Cronenbergs films are always interesting to look at even when hobbled by a so so script. Interesting that the screenwriter lets the studio brass off t .. Counter Punch
4.5
A rude and raucous LA cesspool reality check especially for star struck audience obsessives, the film walks an exceedingly fine line between exposing .. Wbai Radio Women Blog Spot ..
1.5
Like most Cronenberg films, it was variously described by critics as the worst movie hes done, as the best hes done, as a flawed gem, and as a mediocr .. Farout Magazine
1.5
MAPS TO THE STARS forgets its initial goal and winds up being what it hates the most: a Hollywood movie. Chase Whale
5.0
The film becomes the purest of horror film, the sort of picture where once the lights come up, we thank whatever deity we adore that, despite our own .. Fangoria
4.5
Maps to the Stars is a funny, gross movie, with more than a little sleaze. The American Spectator



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