Fresh
Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith's acidic, vitriolic takedown of Duffy boasts the abrasive intensity of a migraine headache and the depth and scope of a bona fide American tragedy.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Overnight
There's more than one way to shoot yourself
2003 · 1h 22m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Mark Brian Smith
,
Tony Montana
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Overnight
Overview
Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred bartender, sells his first screenplay for The Boondock Saints.
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A portrait of Hollywood hubris extraordinaire.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
[An] unflinching depiction of a would-be Tarantino turning himself into chopped liver.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Fresh
A compulsive, cautionary tale about a man whose self-trumpeted 'deep cesspool of creativity' seems destined to remain undredged.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Fresh
The story of the neither late nor great Troy Duffy would make the perfect film-school graduation gift.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
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