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2002 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 6.4 · 69% critics
This biographical drama follows a beloved TV star whose clean public image hides a growing private obsession. As fame, temptation, and an unhealthy friendship pull him deeper into risky behavior, his career and family life begin to unravel.
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Details
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-10-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (217 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re into bleak, character-driven true-story dramas about fame and self-destruction, especially in the vein of Light Sleeper or Affliction; Not for you if explicit sleaze and unsympathetic behavior are dealbreakers.
Pros: strong lead performances; engrossing downfall story; vivid period atmosphere | Cons: repetitive sexual content; uneven tension; somewhat speculative portrait
Themes
- adultery
- infidelity
- pornography
- based on novel or book
- 1970s
- orgy
- sex addiction
- biography
- based on true story
- video taped
- 1960s
- dinner theater
Cast & crew
Greg Kinnear
as Bob Crane
Willem Dafoe
as John Carpenter
Rita Wilson
as Anne Crane
Maria Bello
as Patricia Olson / Patrica Crane
Ron Leibman
as Lenny
Kurt Fuller
as Werner Klemperer
Ed Begley Jr.
as Mel Rosen
Michael E. Rodgers
as Richard Dawson
Michael McKean
as Video Executive
Christopher Neiman
as Robert Clary
Directed by Paul Schrader