Canadian filmmaker Don McKellar picks at the scabs of a show business subculture, only to turn sentimental and defang his satire.
Everyone wants a piece of 12-year-old TV star Taylor Brandon Burns (Mark Rendall), whose about to make his feature debut in the Canadian "First Son." His handlers include his mother, Suzanne (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who equates her financial perks with his career strides, ass-kissing agent Tim (Peter Paige), who pitched the deal that's supposed to elevate Taylor beyond sit-coms, and nervous producer Phil Templeton (Dave Foley), whose future rides on the coat-tails of this High-concept adventure movie. Taylor is playing an American ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
99 mins