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The Muse
PG (SINGAPORE)
1999
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Positive Reviews
12
Negative reviews
5
Average Rating
3.0
/5
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3.0
This is venom lite, and thats never more evident than in the cavalcade of cameos who wander through The Muse.
2.5
In Brooks not so preposterous script, shes a monster supreme a metaphor for all underqualified pip squeaks who pull the strings of Hollywood.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
He doesnt warn Steven that she must constantly be assuaged with gifts and even a place to live.
Spirituality And Practice
3.1
The screenplay, despite containing a number of droll one liners and a pair of deliciously funny scenes, possesses a turgid, directionless feel.
ReelViews
1.5
Unfortunately, the performances from the great cast dont help matters much.
Screen It
4.5
The Muse is to be treasured as a funny mans funniest film to date.
Film Journal International ..
4.0
Theres enough good fun in this yarn to make us believe that the highly talented Brooks has spent most of his creative time in the presence of his muse ..
Internet Reviews
2.5
The Muse is amusing, pleasant and generally enjoyable, which would be enough for most filmmakers, but from someone of Albert Brooks caliber, we have a ..
Internet Reviews
4.5
The movies big accomplishment turns out to be giving Stone an opportunity to display her previously unseen lighter side, a challenge the actress eager ..
Internet Reviews
3.1
A writer and comic whos the best when hes the nastiest, Brooks creates for himself a character thats way too accommodating and sweet.
Internet Reviews
2.8
Albert Brooks mildly amusing satire about the inner workings of Hollywood benefits from Sharon Stones droll and sexy performance, but as a comedy its ..
Emanuellevy
1.5
Like the character he plays here, Albert Brooks needed someone or something to re inspire him while working on this plodding comedy.
Reel Talk Reviews
3.1
Appropriately enough, it seems that Brooks and Johnson needed a muse of their own to really make this film work.
Mr Brown Movies
2.5
With perfect comic timing and a stunning presence, this is Stones strongest turn since 1995s Casino.
The Movie Boy
4.0
Albert Brooks pulls off a deft satire of Hollywood that benefits greatly from the clever casting of Sharon Stone.
Calendar Live
2.5
Though consistently fun in an Albert Brooks kind of way, this film drags its feet with the business of building to a climax.
Ross Anthony
1.5
That is supposed to be his way of saying that Hollywood doesnt know whats good from whats crap.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
3.0
The Muse is an underdeveloped, lackluster effort, despite a sparkling comic turn by Sharon Stone.
Rochester Goes Out
1.5
Brooks has succeeded in making a movie that deserves to be shunned by moviegoers.
Daily News
2.5
A hit and miss affair, banking a bit too much on its one joke premise.
Cine Matter
2.0
In its story of a terrible filmmaker, it almost manages to explain the madness behind why Brooks still gets to crank out excrement like this.
3.0
In The Muse, Brooks makes a mistake hes never made before: he starts with a situation comedy, then never moves beyond the situation.
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