Fresh
The best thing about Bowfinger is the way the script by Steve Martin is tooled to his own and Murphy's comic strengths.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
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Bowfinger
Overview
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.
Director and cast
- Frank Oz Director
- Steve Martin as Bobby Bowfinger
- Eddie Murphy as Kit Ramsey / Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey
- Heather Graham as Daisy
- Christine Baranski as Carol
- Jamie Kennedy as Dave
- Barry Newman as Hal, Kit's Agent
- Adam Alexi-Malle as Afrim
- Kohl Sudduth as Slater
- Terence Stamp as Terry Stricter
- Robert Downey Jr. as Jerry Renfro
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is enjoyable but thin, which is no doubt what was intended.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Martin the writer plants some wicked barbs in Hollywood's rear end about creative financing of movies and hoarding of profits, the art of the deal, hipper-than-thou attitudes and exploitation.
Bob Graham, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
This is his first screenplay since L.A. Story, yet you get the sense that Martin has lost some of the artistic aspiration he once brought to the movie business. This effort feels like it's just business.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Martin is also at the top of his form!
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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