This is one of the smartest and funniest movies I've seen in a long time. Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin give top notch comedic performances! You really know that this movie has it in for Hollywood when Murphy quips (as movie star Kit):'We're trying to make a movie here, not a film! This movie is about the down and out 'movie producer' Bobby Bowfinger (played by Steve Martin), who's basically a con artist covering up with his smooth-talking. He reads a script called 'Chubby Rain' and decides that it MUST be a movie. So he cons his way into getting a deal. The only catch? He has to get Kit to star in it. But when Kit refuses, and Bobby tells his other stars that Kit is going to be in it, the only other solution is filming the movie with Kit, except he doesn't know they're filming it. This premise ends up with hilarious results! And the way it makes fun of all things Hollywood (Heather Grahmn stars as Daisy, a girl who'll sleep with anyone to become a star and then becomes a lesbian, which is making fun of Anne Heche who slept with Steve to become famous and then went out with Ellen DeGeneres) makes you want to laugh as much as the story does. Overall this is a smart, hilarious comedy that is a MUST see! Go and rent it, buy it, whatever, just see it!
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Advantages: Very Funny, A surprisingly great film Disadvantages: Some of the acting is a bit lame at times but, then it fits in perfectly with the style of the film
Boris 04.09.2001 (04.09.2001)
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Jun 21st, 2000
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