What Just Happened

  • 2008


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31 %
50 % Rotten
$ 6 Million
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Positive Reviews 57
Negative reviews 29
Average Rating 3.0/5
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4.5
Happened deviates greatly from Linsons winning little book in its particulars, but retains its sustained melancholy mood of low key existential dread .. Av Club
2.0
Happened deviates greatly from Linsons winning little book in its particulars, but retains its sustained melancholy mood of low key existential dread .. Av Club
2.0
Every artist here is just a baby throwing a tantrum; the crushing of creativity by commerce is something the movie takes blithely for granted. EW
2.5
by Roger Ebert Julia Phillips famous autobiography was titled, You ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again.Barry Levinson and Art Linson will. Rogerebert
3.0
Unfortunately for Ben, it seems that what a producer does is spend entirely too much time trapped between a rock and a hard place, as he tries to sati .. Common Sense Media
2.5
The films anecdotal structure allows for a tranche of fun cameos and scenes of awkward confrontation and humiliation inviting comparisons to Altmans T .. Time Out
2.5
Its absurd, but Ben stakes his whole greatness on this very moment.
4.5
Sometimes silly, often scathingly funny, What Just Happened finally possesses a winning mix of toughness and heart.
2.0
A desultory Hollywood satire that fatally lacks the guts or verve to say anything vitally new or different. Screen Daily
2.5
In Hollywood, you see, art and human decency are worth precisely nothing compared to the demands of commerce and the whims of inflated ego.
3.0
Forget inside baseball, this film comes across more like inside whiffleball than anything else a simulacrum that looks sort of like the real thing but .. E Film Critic
1.5
Pure razzle dazzle, of course fittingly for this industry, its a con trick. Telegraph
3.8
If, ultimately, What Just Happened emerges as slightly less than the sum of its parts, those parts are very good indeed. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
But if theres one institution that really comes in for condemnation from Hollywood, it is Hollywood itself.
2.0
The only thing What Just Happened has going for it is the first De Niro performance in a long time thats amusing in an unforced way. Ny Daily News
2.5
There are a few other clever pokes at Hollywood, but many of the jokes, including a subplot about a Sean Penn thriller that needs fixing, falls flat. JoBlo
2.5
What Just Happened has already happened and, to everyone but Levinson, that shouldnt be surprising. The Globe And Mail
3.0
Night Comes On director talks about shooting in Philly, and falling in love with the city.Night Comes On director talks about shooting in Philly, and .. Philly
2.5
Movies about raging narcissists by raging narcissists at its best, its self flagellation for laughs. Philly
3.0
A picture skewering the inanities of the filmmaking system needs more sharpness and bite than this one provides. One Guys Opinion
3.1
This isnt a bad movie; it simply makes the mistake of believing that it has a wider appeal than is actually the case. ReelViews
3.5
Kazans rigid directing tried to make something bigger out of the first film, while Levinsons loose direction allows the new movie merely to comfortabl .. Combust Ible Celluloid
2.0
The interest of a beautiful woman is probably a bargaining chip and more than one alimony usually rides on the success or failure of the latest film.
2.5
Stiller and Black deliver precisely the sort of performances one mightve expected ie Stiller is uptight and Black is over the top but its Christopher .. Reel Film Reviews
2.0
It is also hard to sympathize with the petty problems of people living a life of luxury in houses the size of hotels when so many people in American h .. Lariat
3.0
Levinson keeps the pace sharp, and at moments you get an acute sense of the crushing weight of ego and money. Independent
4.0
A razor sharp script makes this one of the most entertaining and enlightening movies ever made about the movie business. Shadows On The Wall
3.0
At the same time, you never feel like theres anything at stake for Ben and that hed be okay, even if both his movies flopped.What Just Happened is a w .. View London
3.1
Over 24,000 employees at 116 LI companies were polled on what makes their employers great. News Day
3.0
In any case, I think the rap is undeserved.Funny, after all, is funny. Cs Monitor
3.1
In some respects, the title of What Just Happened could refer to the career trajectory of its maker, Barry Levinson.At one time, Levinson was one of t .. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.0
Its another entertaining look at making films and a reminder that, with many of them, what goes on behind the scenes is the best part. Az Central
3.5
Barry Levinson, one of Hollywoods most reliable, directs this with deadpan humour, as though hes making a documentary. Smh
3.8
In What Just Happened, we get a loving tribute to the movie business filled with disdain for the ethics of the people who work in the business. Star Tribune
1.9
This is old ground for viewers, but its something like regression therapy for Levinson, whose spotty helming work of the past decade including Man of .. Toronto Star
2.0
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2.0
Well, what happened is that one of the smartest Hollywood memoirs of recent times just got made into a rather disappointing film. Guardian
2.0
Its a subject the actor should know a lot about, but that still doesnt help the acting legend give anything more than a perfunctory performance. Flim List
4.0
The film must have great resonance in Hollywood, which loves nothing more than to see its innards hung out in proud dirty linen fashion, but the nebul ..
2.0
Those people are awful and shallow.I know, can you even believe it Movies
3.0
There are enough easily identifiable characters and humorous episodes that industry insiders recognize from their own experience that they will smile .. Flim Threet
5.0
Giving reasonable performances!.This films got everything, although purists might quibble that it lacks any sliver of plausibility or dramatic interes .. New Yorker
3.0
Though it definitely has its moments as a behind the scenes look at doing business in Hollywood, the film is simply too much of an inside joke to have .. Bullz-Eye
3.0
Bob packs punch, but its too sympathetic a portrait to really ring true, Art going as soft on himself as he is on the system that pays his wages. Total Film
4.0
The movie is brilliant at portraying the incredibly high stakes of the seemingly inconsequential and the tremendous amounts of money spent on it. Calendar Live
4.0
The adult comedy surprise of the year. A fast moving, often hysterically funny little gem about the business called show. Hollywood
2.0
Its frenzied tone and one joke plot is a ragged race that amounts to What Just Happened being very little but satirical proselytizing about an industr .. Seattle Pi
3.5
What Just Happened (7/10) by Tony Medley As recent movies, like the execrable Righteous Kill and his inept performance in The Good Shepherd (2006), ma .. Tony Medley
3.8
Therefore, although What Just Happened is mostly a drily funny, industry savvy movie for those fascinated by the movie business, its also a melancholy .. Groucho Reviews
3.1
Its not surprising that a story coming from professional filmmakers would be professionally made. Movie Habit
2.0
I come not to bury What Just Happened the movie, but to praise What Just Happened the book.Well, and to bury What Just Happened the movie, which direc .. Oregon Live
3.0
What Just Happened is wry rather than cutting, a feast of clever humor from a couple of insiders who see the foolishness that surrounds them but like .. Boxoffice Magazine
4.5
Its also mercifully free of the kind of phony pretensions to subversion and irreverence that weighed down, say, Robert Altmans The Player. Film Ink
2.5
Barry Levinsons What Just Happened has all these elements, but it is an undistinguished addition to the list. The Age
2.5
Unfortunately, Mattie Fresno blunts these sharp satirical edges with moments of aimless screwball comedy, awkwardly composed flashbacks and green scre .. La Weekly
4.0
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3.0
While the films title is too ambiguous to shed much light on director Barry Levinsons satirical comedy, the subtitle of the book on which its based is .. Varia Gate
2.5
Though the movie is darkly funny, most people outside the movie business wont find themselves laughing too much. Christianity Today
4.5
Like being ordered to have long hair and smile on stage, but wondering how to smile with a trombone in your mouth.Or repeatedly told youre not good en .. News Blaze
3.8
More understated than sidesplitting, this biting satire of showbiz offers an amusing enough inside peek at what life might be like in Tinseltown to re .. News Blaze
3.0
It is great to see Willis and Penn sending themselves up and De Niro is also on fine form. Perhaps, though, you need to be interested in the business .. The Sun
2.0
To see Levinson feel out the material with a surprising degree of success is a delight. Brian Or Ndorf
3.8
Never heard of it Thats because it doesnt exist except as the movie within the satiric Hollywood roman a clef What Just Happened, starring Robert De N .. Js Online
4.0
Proving that truth is stranger than fiction, this farcical narrative delves into how egos essentially run Hollywood and how those egos are largely att .. Hollywood Chicago
2.0
Synopsis Robert De Niro stars as Ben, an imploding movie producer in this raucous lid lifting on the cut throat world of Hollywood. Sky
4.0
This weeks TLS October 5, 2018 America on the brink; a new poem by Paul Muldoon; the journalism of Javier Marias; making the medieval modern; female l .. Entertainment Times Online ..
5.0
Here and elsewhere, What Just Happened manages to ridicule the inner workings of the film industry without veering into burlesque its just idiotic eno .. Chron
3.0
Robert De Niro is thankfully back in funny mode for this enjoyable, if oddly pointless, Hollywood eatsitself comedy. Metro
1.5
Hollywood is full of liars, back stabbers, sycophants, would be power players and rampant egomaniacs. And your point is what Guide Live
1.5
The industry gags are pretty familiar, but De Niro carries this with the sighing, shambling bear persona thats defined him in middle age. Chicago Reader
2.0
What Just Happened is like a middle aged Entourage in desperate need of Viagra. Jam! Movies
4.5
It doesnt tell us anything at all we didnt already know, but for bitter laughs and the expansive scenery chewing of the entire cast De Niro wisely rem .. East Bay Express
2.0
It probably is too much of an inside joke to please many audiences. Tony Mack
3.0
Compared to the likes of Adaptation and The Player, What Just Happened is flyweight. De Niro is amiable enough in the lead role, but hes left to trot .. Film4
4.0
Beneath the everyday, scattershot surface of Mike Leighs newest marvel, Happy Go Lucky, is a classic theme: the survival of enchantment in a hostile w .. Ny Mag
2.0
Its esoteric, and its audience is small, but if youre part of it, you know who you are. Film Blather
4.5
It has a light, shaggy charm, and De Niro is at his most winningly comical. M Tv
2.5
Based on the Art Linson autobiography, this half baked insider parody tries hard to be madcap. Boston Phoenix
4.0
Movies about Hollywood are as common as Jolie babies, and there have been broader, funnier, meaner takes on the business than this one. But this Barry .. Orlando Sentinel
1.5
This Hollywood tale is too inside to appeal to anyone on the outside. Movies Ign
3.0
This is a serious and embarrassing error of judgement, and Im glad Sky has called it out. News
3.0
Filled with inside humor about things like the importance of premiering certain kinds of films at Cannes, Levinsons latest comedy confirmed the first .. Film Critic 1963 Typepad
2.5
Doesnt even consider itself surprising enough to tack on a question mark. Metromix.com
3.0
Really, how many times will you get to see Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, and Robert De Niro work together (And in a comedy, no less.) Cinematical
1.9
The Park City premiere in January probably echoed with appreciative, knowing chuckles. The local auditorium where the movie opens today, however, is p .. Gomemphis
2.0
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3.5
Not something to be taken too seriously, De Niros latest comedic flight is completely entertaining with most thanks going to supporting cast Catherine .. Monsters And Critics
1.5
What Just Happened is artistically disjointed and lacking in courage. Apparently the stellar cast wanted to make a hard hitting piece the various perf .. World Socialist Web Site
2.0
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2.0
Sixteen years after The Player, its apparently still all about making temperamental British directors change their endings and grappling with the cast .. MSNBC
3.1
There comes a moment in What Just Happened when you realize that what youre seeing is not really a comedy but a tragedy, a tale of a man beaten down b .. Washington Times
2.0
But the satire lacks the bite of The Player.Fear and loathing in Hollywood is a fatigued genre, and here the exercise seems pointless. Ma Cleans
3.1
What Just Happened is second rate satire but a first rate example that De Niro can still be great on screen. Washington Times
4.2
Barry Levinsons sly and knowing What Just Happened will offer few surprises to the movie wise audiences who will enjoy it most. Ar Kansas Online
3.0
In an era where old rope such as Fast & Furious can strangle the box office, any reminder of Hollywoods clueless cynicism is more than welcome. Courier Mail (Australia)
2.5
An insiders Hollywood story, Barry Levinsons film lacks the bite of other admired movie movies, such as The Player, or way back, The Bad and the Beaut .. Courier Mail (Australia)
3.8
If you want to get a peek under the hood of Hollywood or just want to see Bruce Willis in a big, scruffy beard, What Just Happened certainly delivers. Arizona Daily Star
2.0
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2.5
The movie just lies there on the screen, drowning in its own sticky syrup. Giant Blackplanet
3.8
Like a waning starlet fresh from her latest Botox treatment, Hollywood continues to gaze at itself in the mirror. Yet De Niros producer adds a rare de .. Kimberly Gadette
3.8
The world may not have needed another inside baseball Hollywood satire, but What Just Happened rings true, capturing that quietly frantic feeling that .. Capital Times (Madison, WI ..



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