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Celebrity takes place in New York and deals with the phenomenon
of celebrity in a number of its most ridiculous incarnations.
It has a very strong central personal story, but the atmosphere
is the world of the celebrated who often enjoy only their fifteen
minutes of fame.
Comedy - Celebrity is a satirical comedy from writer/director Woody Allen.
Fans of Allen's previous films are most likely to enjoy this one, with
its very similar style of sophisticated adult humor. Fans of Leonardo
DiCaprio -- or non-fans -- might also enjoy his self-deprecating
performance as an immature young movie star. Many fans will find the
humor too "insider", and the pace exceedingly slow. Celebrity
is unlikely to win many converts who have not liked previous Woody Allen
films.
PROFANITY: Very strong and frequent SEX/NUDITY: No nudity; suggestive sexual content VIOLENCE: One scene of a physical confrontation DRUGS/ALCOHOL: Use of alcohol, cocaine depicted ACTION: None COMEDY: Satirical verbal comedy about celebrity habits
Woody Allen's detractors have long argued that the filmmaker has taken
to repeating himself, turning out the same neurotic observations on
sex and relationships over and over again. Celebrity, Allen's
gloss on the foibles of fame, might start turning even his most ardent
supporter to that way of thinking. With Kenneth Branagh doing an irritating
imitation of Allen throughout the film, Celebrity starts to feel
like unintentional self-parody. Meanwhile, most of the vignettes about
oblivious celebrities plod along without enough payoff. Allen can still
turn out a few tart one-liners, but even the really good ones feel really
familiar. Ironically, he's like one of his own subjects in the film:
he now may be too far removed from reality, and famous for all the wrong reasons
Kenneth Branagh and Judy Davis star as a divorced couple whose
paths briefly cross as they pursue new lives. When we first meet
Ms. Davis, her marriage has recently ended and she is lost in
a vague malaise as she tries to come to grips with the reality
of her situation. A chance meeting with a television executive
played by Joe Mantegna transforms her life - they fall in love
and marry and she becomes a television celebrity.
Branagh is a celebrity journalist who has fallen in love with
the glitz of fame; he pursues a number of unsuccessful connections
with a series of beautiful women played by Charlize Theron, Winona
Ryder and Famke Janssen. At the same time, he attempts to ingratiate
himself with a number of famous people who might be useful to
him professionally including a beautiful actress, played by Melanie
Griffith, and a young actor played by Leonardo DiCaprio.
