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Inside Hollywood

by nathantyree Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, Nov 22 '99
Pros: Brilliant satirical look at Hollywood
Cons: a little long
The Player is directed by Robert Altman who is famous for off beat films like Nashville, Popeye, Short Cuts, Come back To The Five And Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. Altman has always been a bit of a Hollywood outsider. He has never directed a "block...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 
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Play on Player

by CEHLEN , Nov 14 '00
Pros: The sound and color use in this movie is the best I have ever seen ,helping to blend the shots perfectly.
Cons: If you don't know your movies then "The Player" wont be as good to the veiwer.
How many of us have sat down to watch a movie, weather it be at a theater or in your home, that we have seen so many times that we have memorized the entire dialogue along with every detail of the movie? I am one of those people. What does this...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 
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Quite good

by calmo28 , Apr 08 '00
Pros: Great acting by Robbins, great story and suspense
Cons: None
I had always heard that this was a good movie and would be much appreciated by someone who likes Hollywood and follows the entertainment business. I was not disappointed, this movie is worth seeing.

Tim Robbins plays Griffin Mill. Mill finds...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 
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Hollywood Games

by rcoulson , Nov 15 '00
Pros: Good directing, plot, acting, and overall movie
Cons: To few to name
The movie, The Player, is directed by Robert Altman and stars Tim Robbins, who plays Griffin Mills. The movie starts out with a very intriguing shot that lasts for about eight minutes without a cut. This is a rare thing seen in Hollywood movies...
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A Moral Compromise

by kecovert , Nov 15 '00
Pros: The Player offers a unique view of the Hollywood system, an honest one.
Cons: The Player conveys that success is comparable to selling out.
The Player (1992), directed by Hollywood outsider Robert Altman, follows movie executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) on a moral journey. Mill questions his job security as Larry Levy (Peter Gallagher), a competitive peer, joins the studio and threatens...
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A Modern Classic

by verbalgirl , May 25 '00
Pros: clever, vicious parody
Cons: Lyle Lovett
I absolutely LOVE this movie. I tend to like movies about the movie industry anyway, but this one is a particularly fine example. Based on the book by Michael Tolkin, it chronicles the life of one Griffin Mill [Tim Robbins], a studio executive who, in...
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The Player

by filmfan2 , Nov 14 '00
Pros: great acting, storyline , camera work, score,
Cons: more feedback about the relationship between Mills and David's girlfriend
I watched Robert Atlman's film, The Player, for the first time in a film course that I'm taking in college and I was amazed by what a good film it was and it's signigant meaning to the film industry itself. In Altman's The Player, Hollywood excutive,...
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Kinda like Nashville with a tan

by MK2K , Jul 16 '99
Pros: A brilliant hollywood satire.
Cons: None.
The Player is a black satire from the director of Short Cuts, M*A*S*H, and Nashville. It follows Griffin Mills (Tim Robbins), a villain we love to hate, and, ironically, our main character. Mills is getting postcards. Each one is a threat on his life,...
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