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What Just Happened?

2008

Barry Levinson

Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, Robin Wright ...

4.7

6,808

Comedy A desperate movie producer hanging on to the tattered threads of his career as he tries to maintain his dignity while surviving the mounting humiliations of Hollywood. What Just Happened is a sharp comedy about two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer -- as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is already in over his head ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Think of it as old Hollywood's version of 'Entourage,' (...) There are funny scenes, nicely directed by Barry Levinson. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Male Empire	"A playful industry satire made by victors. That’s actually pretty cold when you think about it. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"There's not a whole lot in 'What Just Happened?' that would be out of place in a good 'SNL' skit. (...) This isn't a Hollywood satire, it's a sitcom. (...) Only Penn and Willis are really funny, (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Self-indulgent dark comedy (...) Only sporadically funny, What Just Happened? has little to add to the canon of Hollywood-focused satires. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU

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