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Bowfinger
73
Metascore
33 reviews · Provided by
Metacritic.com
90
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
Smoothly directed and acted with glee... showing quick-witted comic spirit.
90
L.A. Weekly
Manohla Dargis
L.A. Weekly
Manohla Dargis
A terrifically clever film; has a soft-boilded heart.
90
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Inspired funny business that allows Martin to hilariously torpedo Hollywood's corrupt heart.
75
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
Priceless enough to flush "Metro," "Dr. Dolittle" and "Holy Man" from memory.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Bowfinger is mediocre . . . can be irksome, tedious, and hard to sit through.
70
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Variety
Todd McCarthy
So lunatic that it creates as much puzzled disbelief as it does carefree delight.
63
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
Amiable bundle of broad, easy laughs rather than bitingly fierce satire.
60
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Enjoyable but thin.
50
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
Never hits a note of high hilarity.
40
Salon
Andrew O'Hehir
Salon
Andrew O'Hehir
Mechanical plot that seems dull even before it laboriously clanks and screeches into motion.
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