The TV Set

  • 2006


MOVIE IS interesting cacklingly grammatical powerful terrible
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65 % Fresh
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 34
Negative reviews 16
Average Rating 2.9/5
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3.0
Very smart, very funny movie about the making of a network sitcom is a cut glass gem of a showbiz conceit. EW
2.0
Theres no reason that Kasdan couldnt have told a funnier story than this, either. Common Sense Media
1.5
An insider pic likely to produce a few knowing guffaws from the industry but only occasional chuckles from John Q. Public. Variety
2.5
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
1.5
The TV Set proceeds to dissect with excruciating precision just how good ideas get hijacked by the System, embodied by the lethally funny Sigourney We ..
3.0
Yes, its funny because its true. But its also sad for just the same reason.
4.4
Comedy of Power is in many ways a meandering film, a collection of good scenes, but a film lacking anything resembling an engrossing story. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
Writer director Jake Kasdan has been through his share of meetings with production executives eager to share their ideas on improving his ideas, and i .. Ny Daily News
3.1
Bland and compromised, it feels as if its been fine tuned and focus grouped within an inch of its life. Philly
3.0
It doesnt help that his bad back collapses under the burden of so much stress and disappointment. Spirituality And Practice
3.0
A weak satire of network television programming, telling you nothing you dont already know and doing so without providing much more than the occsasion .. One Guys Opinion
2.8
The best thing that one can say about this film, is that its probably too good for TV. Sover
3.8
And it doesnt hurt that Hanks and Fisk have great chemistry together. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Sad, slow and rather boring story about how writers get dumped on and smart television shows get dumbed down. Lariat
3.0
His braying, unfunny sitcom shtick at the audition has the suits in stitches, and hes cuter than T.J., too. Eric Ds Nider
1.5
David Duchovny as the writer delivers a turn so listless and bland, you want to goose him with a cattle prod. Film Journal International ..
3.8
This very inside but modestly amusing show business satire doesnt seem too far fetched or exaggerated. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.4
The TV Set has been made by people who know that Hollywood runs on hypocrisy, so theres very little screaming going on. Boston
3.0
This familiar satire of the entertainment industry is enlivened by some sharp observations and good acting (Sigourney Weaver) about this cutthroat mil .. Emanuellevy
0.5
Kasdan should have the expertise to write a backstage expos of the TV industry. This one simply isnt funny. Salon
4.5
If youve ever had to muffle your best instincts to please your boss, if youve ever found yourself doing something you never thought youd do to support .. Slate
2.0
Well, now its a hundred years later, and shes in this being funny again. Movies
4.5
As a comedienne, she doesnt have the lyrical giftthe charge of fantasythat Faye Dunaway brought to a similar character thirty years ago in Network, bu .. New Yorker
3.5
While certainly not a love letter to network television, Kasdans film isnt completely biased against money hungry industry executives. Bullz-Eye
2.0
... a pointed satire of the dumbing down of network TV with a sour tone and a broad execution. Seattle Pi
0.0
This doesnt rise to the level of awful. Like priests condemned to Dantes Inferno, there is a lower rating for movies this bad. Tony Medley
3.1
Still, for what its worth there are more than a few delights to be found here, not the least of which is the cacklingly delicious exuberance and imper .. Movie Freak
3.5
The conclusion of Kasdans snarky, low budget glimpse behind the small screen is appropriately cynical. Its hard to be shocking or revelatory on this s .. Boxoffice Magazine
4.5
At its best, The TV Set is wry and even laugh out loud funny about the messy tangle of art, commerce and family, as talented creative types try to sta .. La Weekly
4.5
Jake Kasdan The TV Set doesnt win any points in the originality department (television executives suck, apparently), but an unusually game, most likel .. The Stranger
3.5
Not a backstage film for the ages, but it manages to be a bit more useful than the vast bulk of its stablemates. Antagony & Ecstasy
3.0
David Duchovny, Justine Bateman, Ioan Gruffudd and Sigourney Weaver star in this biting look at the creatively draining world of TV sitcom production. Or Lando Weekly
1.0
Life is full of choices, and Halle Berry has made another bad one with Perfect Stranger, a perfectly off putting thriller, directed by James Foley, th .. Wsj
3.5
But those parodies are an artful mix of tight craftsmanship and gags that spin out like adolescent free associations. Ny Mag
4.0
Kasdan stages scenes with a loose, cheerful spirit that suggests how much better TV itself might more often be if it werent so in thrall to idiot focu .. M Tv
1.5
An inside Hollywood comedy for people over whose head 30 Rock goes. Those people wont even understand that grammatical construction. Can Mag
1.5
Kasdan has the narrative vision (and the b*lls) to let most of the fun derive from what isnt there rather than what is. IGN Movies
0.5
A somewhat cold and calculated film that apparently unconsciously exemplifies that which it intends to criticize. Detroit News
3.0
While its no Network, this pic is frequently quite funny as a character study of people who decide what is chosen for prime time TV sitcoms. Compuserve
3.1
Whats missing here is the sense that anything truly vital is at stake like, say, our cultural intelligence or the future of mainstream entertainment. Seattle Times
2.0
This thinly comic movie about the cheesy corporate personalities at work behind a crummy TV series just isnt very entertaining. Film Critic 1963 Typepad
3.0
everyone else looks so damn solemn, its as if neither they nor their director understood this was meant to be a parody. Film Jerk
1.5
execution can sometimes be laugh out loud clever... It isnt broad enough to expose why most programming is condescendingly terrible, but the cast is g .. Premiere Magazine
3.8
The TV Set, written and directed by longtime tube toiler Jake Kasdan, gets it both right and funny. Daily News
3.5
Its interesting and funny and agonizing and illuminating to know what happens before you get that first annoying animated promo for a new show. For fa .. Cine Rina
3.1
Honestly, isnt it a little late to be bemoaning sleazy reality TV Miami Herald
3.1
The TV Set feels a little underdone and half realized, as if it were the pilot episode for a show that never got picked up for the fall season. Madison
4.4
Kasdan wisely doesnt make this about the big, bad bosses vs. the creative geniuses who wont compromise. Its a well balanced look at a process, which, .. Sun Times
3.1
A mostly lightweight endeavor that never builds any genuine emotional traction. And you have to wonder if its just a little too inside to resonate wit .. Contra Costa Times
1.5
Various news stories have noted the movies accuracy, which I dont doubt, but the blanket antipathy makes for a wearying and predictable story. Chicago Reader
4.4
An eye opening satire which makes a powerful statement about televisions tendency towards very calculated, mass manipulation. EURWeb



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