Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Martin Bradley As much a homage to Truffaut's "Day for Night" as it is to Feuillade's "Les Vampires", the movie within the movie that is being remade with Maggie Cheung playing herself as "Irma Vep" and, of course, no homage to Truffaut would be complete without Jean-Pierre Leaud, here cast as the director. It's great fun and a worthy addition to films about films though it makes me glad, for any fame or fortune it might have afforded me, I never ended up working in the industry which comes across here as an asylum that the inmates have taken over. Playing herself, Cheung is wonderfully self-effacing and director Olivier Assayas draws beautifully naturalistic performances from his entire cast. Never likely to achieve the international success of Truffaut's classic "Irma Vep" makes for a first-class cult movie.

Ben Larson Those who love Hong Kong films know Maggie Chueng. She has been in 89 films like Police Story, 2046, Hero, and Ashes of Time. This is her international debut.Jean-Pierre Leaud (The 400 Blows) plays a quirky director that chose Chueng to play Irma Vep in a remake of the 10 episode Les Vampires. She doesn't speak French, so this makes for both comedy and resentment.Chueng is luminously erotic in this film about film making, encased in a shiny black latex like Catwoman. Cheung goes along with the lunacy around her, and even participates at one point.Bizarre and beautiful, this take on independent film making shines with Chueng.

George Parker "Irma Vep" (an acronym for "vampire") is a critically lauded film about the making of a French movie which seems to be devoid of value and purpose. Probably a failed attempt at satirical commentary on the film biz, this flick has only a wisp of a plot, the look of a documentary, the feel of an indie, and manages to conjure little more than a whole lot of busy-ness. Devoid of everything people go to films to see, "Irma Vep" is a colossal waste of time. Recommended for film critics only. (D+)

jngarciauaf This is a French film about French film makers who spend a lot of time B*tching about French film making while remaking a French silent film using a lead actress who doesn't speak French. It could be a slightly better movie but it has several moments where it lapses into Ibsenesk side commentary that doesn't really move the film any. It could have been better and it could have been worse.