Swimming with Sharks
In Hollywood his dreams could come true. But first he has to make coffee.
In Hollywood his dreams could come true. But first he has to make cof...
Comedy, Crime
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1994
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Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When Guy also finds out that his cynical girlfriend, Dawn, has been using sex as a career move, he reaches his limit. Guy decides to exact revenge on Buddy by kidnapping him and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
10 Sep 1994
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$700,000
Revenue:
$382,928
Awards:
4 wins & 4 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
The picture's raison d'etre has to be Spacey's 'loud and nasty' performance: he's the sort of actor who grabs you by the throat and beats you about the head without ever lifting his feet from the desk.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
Mr. Spacey's Buddy is a caricature so dazzling that even Buddy might have to say something nice about it: cool, withering, studiously suave, and spurred by impulses that might seem peevish even in a 2-year-old child.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
This excessively talky, incoherently plotted, would-be film noir is not very good.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
12 Apr 2002
rotten:
To outsiders, all this rage and gnashing of teeth may seem silly and self-absorbed.
– Peter Rainer,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb 2001
rotten:
Sharks is a one-joke movie, and the joke wears thin less than halfway through.
– Mary Brennan,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000