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The Big Picture
Directed by
Christopher Guest
PG-13
1989
1h 40m
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Drama
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6.2
87%
45%
5.8
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Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.
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Cast of The Big Picture
Kevin Bacon
Nick Chapman
Emily Longstreth
Susan Rawlings
J. T. Walsh
Allen Habel
Teri Hatcher
Gretchen
Michael McKean
Emmet Sumner / Screenplay
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Lydia Johnson
Kim Miyori
Jenny Sumner
Dan Schneider
Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
Jason Gould
Carl Manknik
Tracy Brooks Swope
Lori Pressman
Don Franklin
Todd Marvin
Gary Kroeger
Mark
Alice Hirson
Mrs. Chapman
Grant Owens
Mr. Chapman
Fran Drescher
Polo Habel
Suzy Cote
Mindy Habel
Eddie Albert
M.C.
June Lockhart
Janet Kingsley
Stephen Collins
Attorney
Roddy McDowall
Judge
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The Big Picture Ratings & Reviews
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...generally feels like a short that's been awkwardly expanded to feature length...
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
[A] hilariously canny 1989 satire about contemporary filmmaking in Hollywood.
TV Guide
A failed attempt to spoof the wheelers and dealers behind the scenes in Hollywood.
Variety
Variety Staff
Befitting two of the co-authors of This is Spinal Tap, Guest and Michael McKean, The Big Picture displays a keen eye for the silliness of film biz customs, lingo and attitudes.
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
Sometimes hilarious, sometimes chilling anti-Hollywood comedy.
DVDJournal.com
Betsy Bozdech
In the end, although Nick's journey is satisfying and often funny, it lacks the punch of Guest's later work.
Zap2it.com
Daniel Fienberg
Very slight, but it hits most of its Hollywood targets with a certain degree of savvy.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
A consistently genial, intermittently funny send-up of the current Hollywood scene as demonstrated by the rise and fall of an award-winning film student.
Apollo Guide
Scott Weinberg
The Movie Machine is skewered and lampooned with an impressive accuracy, but it never crosses the line into becoming an outright bash.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
If only it was as clever as it believes itself to be.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
You keep rooting for this Hollywood sendup to make it, even as the bad ideas start gaining on the good.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Chris Hicks
All in all this is a terrific comedy that punctures Hollywood's pretentiousness but is never mean-spirited about it.
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