Fool's Paradise
A down-on-his-luck publicist discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
- Released: 2023-05-12
- Runtime: 97 minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Stars: Kate Beckinsale, John Malkovich, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, Jillian Bell, Adrien Brody, Ray Liotta, Ken Jeong, Dean Norris, Katherine McNamara, Jason Bateman, Common, Jimmi Simpson, Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Steve Coulter, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Artemis Pebdani, Drew Droege
- Director: Charlie Day
Comments
- behnamboogi - 2 May 2024
intolerable
Hello guys I do not recommend watching this movie at all A very boring and pointless movie It was a very, very poor movie I really wonder how Mr. Adrien Brody agreed to act poorly in this movie An actor who has won an Oscar should not play such weak roles In general, the acting, directing and even the story were very, very bad, and the best score that can be given is 4.
This movie is not a drama, not a comedy, nor does it have conceptual scenes All the scenes were boring and repetitive I hope that I will not see such a movie again in my lifetime and it will not be repeated in the history of world cinema. - artdonovandesign - 6 February 2024
Zero Stars. I'll quote from some other User Reviews
" I never wanted a film to end- halfway through"
" You'll never see a Charlie Day film, ever again."
"I get it. But I didn't like it."
"Gets Old...FAST."
"...an homage to Buster Keaton and Seller's 'Being There'. But didn't deliver an entertaining film".
"Why it's not funny..,( 950 character).
" _Not_ "Being There".
"A 98 minute long, dragged out, failed SNL sketch".
"(I) can take only so much satirical, un-funny comedy"
"I never left a theater angry at a film before"
" Day's performance was phoned in".
"Bad Score. Bad Cinematography. Bad Plot Structure. BAD Pacing". Characters were so poorly introduced and actual conflict was really dumb".
" Just a total snooze fest".
" $30 million budget returning only $800,000. A" Producers- type of tax con? A Money Laundering scheme or just some billionaires vanity project???
" Film was forced down your throat...the peddling of cheap movies as art".
Someone apparently I'll-advised Day that his silent film haminess and his "confused with everything" innocence would create some kind of magical, throw back, cinema. It didn't. And it didn't work on any level whatsoever.
Yes. We ALL get what Day was trying to affect.
But the sheer volume of desperate "un-funny" was absolutely unforgivable.
