Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Sorry, this movie sucks

not as good as all the hype

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This is a quirky, spoofy look at actors trying to make it, yet still having to work to make rent. This one works as a waiter. The writer- director managed to get a large number of talented "name" actors, some with fairly brief parts, to appear in this. It is just a fun viewing. I found it on Netflix streaming movies.My sole reason for seeing it was for Daniel von Bargen, who died way too young last year. I knew Dan in college, we both were in a long running student musical at Purdue in 1969. He was an actor, I became a Scientist. He has a role here auditioning actors for a movie, the whole scene at about 90 minutes into the movie is only 4 minutes long but it is a good glimpse of von Bargen.The nominal star is Matthew Modine as Joe. He and his long-time girlfriend, Catherine Keener as Mary, share an apartment in Manhattan. She works as a makeup artist, mostly for advertising photo shoots, he is a mostly out-of-work actor who pays bills with a job as a waiter for special events.I enjoyed it.

Though this movie is not perfect, I thought it was a lot better than what many people felt, looking at the comments and the box office. The acting, for the most part, is excellent. Modine does a great job of seeming clueless and clumsy in his approach to his acting career, but I rooted for him because his character REALLY wanted it, he just hadn't figured on how to get it. Keener was at her sparkling, sassy best.I think it's main problem is not so much the meandering, or the foibles of the characters: it's that the entire setting is so particular to New York I'm unsure about how much of the humor translates. This is not a patronizing jab at theuniverse beyond the five boroughs; my experiences made me howl at thingsthat others may find completely stupid. Anyone who's ever been an actor or in the fashion industry in NYC would find so many scenes uproariously funny. The catering scenes, especially, would be dear to the heart of any working actorwho's struggled in New York.This, by the way, was not an independent movie, it was a Paramount release.DeCillo, after the dismal box office, is back on the indie side of the fence. Good luck to him, I hope he continues to make movies.

I rented 'The Real Blonde' on video at the same time that I rented 'The Curse of the Jade Scorpion', because my favourite actress (Elizabeth Berkley) is in both and I wished to have a quiet afternoon in watching two of my favourite screen star's movies. 'The Real Blonde' was not only funny, it was well-scripted, well-acted and well... great! The cast all did an absolutely fine job of bringing their characters to life, despite the fact that some didn't get a lot of screen time. Honestly, I had no idea that Bridgette Wilson could be so funny! I've only ever seen her on TV a few times, and she didn't really strike a huge chord with me there. But in 'The Real Blonde'... wow! Kathleen Turner, Daryl Hannah, Christopher Lloyd and my favourite, Elizabeth Berkley, are nothing short of hilarious as well. The satire was excellent and the ending was practically inspired. Great!Does anyone happen to know the title of the song that was played in the Madonna video scene? That song was goofy. I liked it! :)

Joe is an out of work actor who is also struggling with his relationship with Mary who has lots of rage inside. Joe's actor friend Bob has just got a job on a soap opera but is caught up in his desire for a `real' blonde despite having fallen for the available model Sahara. The films follows their lives in the world of minor celebrity.Despite having done good with the subject of film making in `Living in Oblivion', the director doesn't do as well when it comes to the world of the minor celebrity. The plot is a little jumbled – it wants to make fun of the world but also seriously follow the people it makes fun of in their relationships. Also it makes fun of Bob's acting but yet has plenty of respect for Joe simply because he keeps quoting `Death of a Salesman'. The satirical edge is nice and produces some funny moments but the relationship stuff is muddled.There are plenty of famous cameos and most are good. Lloyd, Turner, Leary, Buscemi, Chappelle, Von Bargen etc all show their faces. In the leads Modine is OK but because the director doesn't know if he's part of the joke or a serious character then we don't know how to approach him either. Keener tries hard and is OK but Caulfield is the best of the bunch simply because we know he's meant to be a bit of a comedy figure.The film manages to loose it's laughs in a sea of serious asides. The worst being the theme of the old black woman and her dog getting stolen. We keep going back to her and she has the last theme in the film – why? If there was a message I must be too dumb to get it and it certainly didn't really fit in with the rest of the movie.Overall this has enough good moments to justify watching but it clearly lacks focus and loses it's way really easily.