The Big Picture
1989 · Movie · PG-13 · 100 min · ★ 5.9 · 76% critics
After an award-winning student film opens doors in Hollywood, a young director jumps at the chance to make a first feature. But as producers, agents, and studio pressures pile on, the dream job turns into a funny, frustrating test of ambition, compromise, and personal integrity.
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Details
- Years
- 1989
- Release date
- 1989-09-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (105 votes)
About
You might like this if you enjoy smart, mildly offbeat show-business comedies about ambition and compromise, especially if The High Note or In Good Company worked for you; Not for you if you want big laughs or a fast-paced crowd-pleaser.
Pros: sharp Hollywood satire; amusing quirky humor; memorable supporting turns | Cons: mild laughs; insider jokes may miss; lead can frustrate
Themes
- friendship
- hollywood
Cast & crew
Kevin Bacon
as Nick Chapman
Emily Longstreth
as Susan Rawlings
J.T. Walsh
as Allen Habel
Teri Hatcher
as Gretchen
Michael McKean
as Emmet Sumner
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Lydia Johnson
Kim Miyori
as Jenny Sumner
Dan Schneider
as Jonathan Tristan-Bennet
Jason Gould
as Carl Manknik
Tracy Brooks Swope
as Lori Pressman
Directed by Christopher Guest