Hollywoodland

2007
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126 mins
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Inspired by one of Hollywood's most infamous real-life mysteries: the death of actor George Reeves, the heroic Man of Steel... More

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Hollywoodland | Ratings & Reviews

"First-time scripter Paul Bernbaum's framing story, designed to stir up suspicion that George Reeves was a murder victim rather than a suicide, unfortunately proves far less intriguing than does the melancholy tale of a limited actor reaching the end of the line during a transitional period in Hollywood..."

VarietyVariety

"The irony is that Affleck's battering at the hands of fame has prepped him beautifully to play Reeves..."

Rolling StoneRolling Stone

"Hollywoodland is one of the nicest surprises of the late summer lull between blockbuster seasons, a smart period mystery--cum--character study--cum--bitter parable on the lures and liabilities of life in its titular locale..."

Premiere MagazinePremiere Magazine

"While it not be in the same production design league as The Aviator, it delivers an atmospheric portrait of that period in Tinseltown, post the golden age but with studios still wielding a power that is ebbing with the advent of television. Hollywoodland would seem to get the details and most of the performances right. It's just cluttered by efforts to tell how this Superman might have died when it's already succeeding in making us care about how he lived..."

New Zealand HeraldNew Zealand Herald

"The chief frustration of this otherwise well-made, well-acted, well-heeled picture -- a movie classy in its artful modesty, with every detail of plot and period furnishings lovingly conceived, every lick of jazz-influenced score true to the times -- is that it is so very self-absorbedly graceful about something so very insular and...unremarkable..."

Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly

"A deftly handled, densely plotted detective story, director Coulter's (TV's The Sopranos, Sex and the City) movie demands strict attention from its audience..."

Christchurch PressChristchurch Press

"Far from seamless, but it is genuinely haunting..."

BBCBBC

Hollywoodland | Details

Award winner
Volpi Cup winner (Best Performance) for Ben Affleck, Venice Film Festival 2006.
Runtime
126
Genre
Drama, True Story & Biography
Country of origin
USA

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