Bowfinger
First screened in March 2020
Director: Frank Oz. Cast: Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham, Christine Baranski, Adam Alexi-Malle, Jamie Kennedy, Kohl Sudduth, Robert Downey Jr., Barry Newman, Alejandro Patiño, Alfred De Contreras, Ramiro Fabian, Johnny Sanchez, Claude Brooks, Terence Stamp. Screenplay: Steve Martin. Twitter Capsule:
Potentially a fantastic subject—how a black superstar still feels like an alien in Hollywood—mired in broad, banal farce.
VOR:②
Juicy vehicle for Murphy, not without the occasional good jab at LA bottom-feeders, but dated and timid compared to other '99 media satires.
