Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the hottest pop star of the moment, Les grows jealous and plots revenge.
Tom DiCillo's Delirious, from his own screenplay, presents a paparazzo's worm's-eye view of the ridiculous world of celebrity culture.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
5 Sep 2007
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With Delirious, writer-director Tom DiCillo has crafted a wonderfully giddy meditation on the nature of fame, the people who sell it and those doing the buying, and their mutually parasitic dependence on each other.
– David Wiegand,
San Francisco Chronicle,
14 Sep 2007
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As always, Buscemi masters his portrayal of needy desperation, but he still makes Les admirable for his capacity to go with the flow.
– Jeff Shannon,
Seattle Times,
5 Oct 2007
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For all its time-worn situations and observations, Delirious has a truth or two to impart about our lust for celebrities.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Nov 2007
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DiCillo's themes are loyalty and friendship and betrayal and redemption.