Mistress
The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends.
The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends.
Comedy, Drama
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1992
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A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
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Details
Runtime:
110 min
Release date:
24 Jul 1992
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$1,102,469
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Can't seem to decide if it's supposed to be a comedy about Hollywood small-timers trying to get an indie pic off the ground, or a somber drama in which greed and lust overwhelm art.
– David Stratton,
Variety,
16 May 2008
rotten:
The gags are too obvious; the conflict between art and money is hackneyed; and the plot goes badly off the rails in the later reels.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
"Mistress" abounds with sharp comic performances that never stray into caricature or sentimentality.
– Stephen Holden,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
Seeing Mistress is like getting a bad table at the in Hollywood restaurant. You're eavesdropping on all the dull conversations.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
fresh:
The movie has been described as a low-rent version of Robert Altman's "The Player," but it would be more accurate to say it's about low-rent players.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000