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Bowfinger (1999)

Rating

[3.0]

Reviews and Comments

The double bill of Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy seems like it should produce superior results than this, but once the heightened expectations are disposed of, this is actually quite a funny film. Martin plays a desperate movie producer-director that'll do anything to get a movie made. He's devious and conniving, and the extremes to which he'll resort to make things happen comprise a good chunk of the movie's humor. Another hefty chunk are the dual performances by Eddie Murphy. These days it seems almost a law that Murphy play at least two roles for every movie he makes. As long as he's as good as he is in this, it's all right by me.

I like movies about movies, like this one. While Bowfinger is not the best such film, I enjoyed it and appreciated its sense of the glamor of the movies: that glamor may only be on the surface, but, darn it, it's fun.

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