Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

bernie-122 I have to admit being disappointed in this; having been exposed to some of Tom's good stuff, I expected more of the same.What blew it for me is that, although it is largely entertaining, it has about as much depth as your typical TV sitcom, and so it's pretty hard to regard it as anything but superficial fluff.Also, the whole thing plays like a huge New York in-joke, but a lot of it will be lost on people who can't identify with that megalopolis.That might explain why most of the rave reviews are by people from, guess what, New York.Anyway, it serves as a good example of the hazards of a brilliant Indie filmmaker venturing too close to the mainstream.

skottyrock WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS (although I ain't spoiling much!)The following is a film review of "The Real Blonde", a terrible, terrible film! Read at your own risk!"The Real Blonde" is a stupid story. Plain and simple. Tom DiCillo's direction is stupid. The acting is stupid.......andwith a 'huge' haul of - wait for it - $247,745 .... the box office is STOOPID! (Pause for laughter)Matthew (Is he still acting?) Modine, Catherine (Who?) Keener, Daryl ('Splash' is as good as it gets, Honey!) Hannah, and Maxwell (Hey, you used to be in 'Dynasty'!) Caulfield 'headline' this piece of trash. I must confess....I sat through this entire 'film', so shoot me, why don't ya! I even sat through the credits (well, I fast-forwarded most of them). All right, I'm a loser.Well, I suppose this film (and I use the term FILM loosely) does have some redeeming features.....Hang on, what am I saying? It has NONE! But if you do wanna see ex-"That Girl" Marlo Thomas as a fashion photographer (with wrinkles extraordinaire) barking orders like a Rottweiler, this film is certainly for you!If ya wanna see Kathleen "Romancing The Stone" Turner (as a hotheaded talent scout) and Christopher "Back To The Future" Lloyd (as a prim and proper waiter-kinda-fella) phone in their performances, this film is definitely for you!If ya wanna see Elizabeth "Hey, I was in 'Showgirls'!" Berkley as a Madonna impersonator (lip-syncing badly to Hanky Panky in a polka dot bikini), this film is most likely for you!If ya wanna see Denis Leary get bashed up by Catherine Keener in a self-defence class demonstration, this film is without question for you!If ya wanna be bored so silly that you would happily let the toothpicks (holding your eyelids open) pierce those said eyelids, this film is without a doubt for you!Seriously...this lame brain effort ain't gonna score high on the Skotto-meter. It gets 0.245 out of 10. And that's generous! Night, night.

George Parker "The Real Blonde" is an easy going romantic comedy with the emphasis on comedy which sticks Modine and Keener in the midst of an ample cast of familiar faces as it spins its lukewarm but likeable story of sitcom type couple vicissitudes. Somewhat ill focused and lacking in coherence but always upbeat and busy, "TRB" makes a good couch potato flick for those in the mood for romantic comedy. (B-)

bob the moo Joe is an out of work actor who is also struggling with his relationship with Mary who has lots of rage inside. Joe's actor friend Bob has just got a job on a soap opera but is caught up in his desire for a `real' blonde despite having fallen for the available model Sahara. The films follows their lives in the world of minor celebrity.Despite having done good with the subject of film making in `Living in Oblivion', the director doesn't do as well when it comes to the world of the minor celebrity. The plot is a little jumbled – it wants to make fun of the world but also seriously follow the people it makes fun of in their relationships. Also it makes fun of Bob's acting but yet has plenty of respect for Joe simply because he keeps quoting `Death of a Salesman'. The satirical edge is nice and produces some funny moments but the relationship stuff is muddled.There are plenty of famous cameos and most are good. Lloyd, Turner, Leary, Buscemi, Chappelle, Von Bargen etc all show their faces. In the leads Modine is OK but because the director doesn't know if he's part of the joke or a serious character then we don't know how to approach him either. Keener tries hard and is OK but Caulfield is the best of the bunch simply because we know he's meant to be a bit of a comedy figure.The film manages to loose it's laughs in a sea of serious asides. The worst being the theme of the old black woman and her dog getting stolen. We keep going back to her and she has the last theme in the film – why? If there was a message I must be too dumb to get it and it certainly didn't really fit in with the rest of the movie.Overall this has enough good moments to justify watching but it clearly lacks focus and loses it's way really easily.