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A FAST FORWARD MUSIC COMEDY.
A FAST FORWARD MUSIC COMEDY.
Comedy, Drama, Music
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1988
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The story of Ivan and Josh, two dimwitted ex-security guards who love music videos. Out of work, with no job prospects, they form a music video production company. They soon learn the ins and outs of the business in LA, and with some help from Mo Fuzz, they soon become hot property. But not all goes smoothly when they try to resurrect the career of their favorite R&B duo, the Swanky Modes.
Director:
Cast:
,
Tim Robbins
,
John Cusack
,
Mary Crosby
,
Jessica Walter
,
Doug McClure
,
Susan Tyrrell
,
Clu Gulager
,
Sam Moore
,
Katy Boyer
,
Junior Walker
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Details
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
21 Oct 1988
Country:
US
Languages:
Spanish, French, English
Budget:
$3,000,000
Revenue:
$343,786
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
A painful attempt to satirize the making of rock videos that runs aground with a puerile plot and bombastic, self-infatuated delivery.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
6 Nov 2009
fresh:
The amiable screenplay by Mr. Fishman and Peter McCarthy is often funny, and never worse than silly.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
The irony is that nothing Fishman and his cohorts have come up with is really as funny as a two-hour slice of MTV itself.
– Richard Harrington,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
All of these elements have been lifted off the shelf of exhausted cliches, given a quick dusting, and plugged directly into the movie.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
It's all good fun: likeable performances, unpretentious, larky direction, and a haphazard story.
– ,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006