Paul Weitz's satirical farce — which takes aim at targets as diverse as the dumbing-down of the American mind, post-9/11 terrorist fantasies, George W. Bush's presidency, American class consciousness (no less codified for being denied by rich and poor alike), the venality of television executives and the widespread delusion that stardom independent of accomplishment is in and of itself a worthy goal — gets the details right while missing the big picture. In Hollywood, sharp-tongued, self-aggrandizing British expatriate Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant) is prepping a new season of the most popular program in the world, which can't even be called a spoof of
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Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
107 mins