Hollywoodland
2006 · Movie · R · 126 min · ★ 6.1 · 65% critics
After a beloved 1950s TV star is found dead at home, a private detective is hired by the family to look beyond the official ruling. His search pulls him into Hollywood’s glossy-but-grimy world, where studio power, tangled relationships, and conflicting accounts make the truth harder to pin down.
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Details
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-08-31
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (450 votes)
- Box office
- $16,792,724
- Budget
- $28,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like true-crime mysteries with a dark, old-Hollywood vibe and multiple plausible theories, similar to Dead Again or The Gift; Not for you if you need a fast pace and clear answers.
Pros: intriguing real-life mystery; strong cast performances; moody 1950s Hollywood | Cons: slow, overlong pacing; unresolved by design; detective subplot drags
Themes
- dying and death
- jealousy
- detective
- investigation
- observer
- deceived wife
- lovers
- super power
- whodunnit
Cast & crew
Adrien Brody
as Louis Simo
Diane Lane
as Toni Mannix
Ben Affleck
as George Reeves
Bob Hoskins
as Eddie Mannix
Robin Tunney
as Leonore Lemmon
Kathleen Robertson
as Carol Van Ronkel
Lois Smith
as Helen Bessolo
Phillip MacKenzie
as Bill Bliss
Larry Cedar
as Chester Sinclair
Eric Kaldor
as Barbell Man
Directed by Allen Coulter