Cecil B. Demented
2000 · Movie · R · 88 min · ★ 6.4 · 55% critics
An underground filmmaker and a devoted band of “cinema terrorists” kidnap a Hollywood star and force her into their radical, anti-studio movie. As their guerrilla production barrels through public spaces, the line between performance, protest, and chaos keeps getting blurrier—and everyone becomes part of the show.
Also known as Cecil B. the Cinema Wars
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Details
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-08-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Critic score
- 55/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (300 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a loud, dark, punk-spirited takedown of Hollywood with crude jokes and constant chaos, especially if you liked Serial Mom; Not for you if you want a coherent story or gentle comedy.
Pros: bold, outrageous satire; energetic lead performances; lots of in-jokes | Cons: messy, thin plot; humor can feel mean; uneven tone and pacing
Themes
- kidnapping
- baltimore, usa
- satire
- satanist
- blindfold
- perversion
- terrorism
- film director
- cinephile
Cast & crew
Melanie Griffith
as Honey Whitlock
Stephen Dorff
as Cecil B. Demented
Alicia Witt
as Cherish
Adrian Grenier
as Lyle
Maggie Gyllenhaal
as Raven
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
as Lewis
Jack Noseworthy
as Rodney
Michael Shannon
as Petie
- HD
Harry Dodge
as Dinah
- EB
Eric Barry
as Fidget
Directed by John Waters