Title: Self-conciously cute, poorly cast. Not 1 laugh.
Product review: My initial review submitted here a few weeks a go has mysteriously disappeared. This time I will make certain not to mention that one leading lady was much to old to be playing her assigned "kooky" role of an ingenue just beginning her career. The plot was contrived with such a forced sense of "aren't we cute?" that I was actually angered! Murders of aspiring actors and perpetrated by their competitors for the roles. Just not funny. The cinematography and art direction are great, as is the performance by Mike Starr, a perpetually underrated pro. (see him in Mad Dog and Glory!) Skip this clumsy attempt at physical farce. Did they really think it was going okay when they saw the dailies, I wondered? n with
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