Celebrity (1998)

Directed by Woody Allen · Drama, Comedy

Starring Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Joe Mantegna, Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, Winona Ryder, Melanie Griffith, Famke Janssen, Bebe Neuwirth, Patti D'Arbanville, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Tony Sirico, Kenneth Edelson, Hank Azaria, Allison Janney, Douglas McGrath, Adrian Grenier, Sam Rockwell, Michael Lerner, Dylan Baker, J.K. Simmons, Jeffrey Wright, Gretchen Mol, Debra Messing, Donald Trump, Celia Weston, Karen Duffy, Donna Hanover, Leslie Shenkel, Wood Harris, Frank Pellegrino, Aida Turturro

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The career and personal life of writer Lee are at a standstill, so he divorces his bashful wife, Robin, and dives into a new job as an entertainment journalist. His assignments take him to the swankiest corners of Manhattan, but as he jumps from one lavish party to another and engages in numerous empty romances, he starts to doubt the worth of his work. Meanwhile, top TV producer Tony falls for Robin and introduces her to the world of celebrity.

My review · Reviewed 02/05/2009

I may have given this a higher rating than it deserved. It was not unlike some of Woody Allen's other films where a lot of the meanings come together in the last 10 or 15 minutes. In a nutshell the movie is a study on how celebrity affects people, from how they get it to how they are treated by others. Each would-be celebrity is relative to another would-be celebrity and at different parts of the movie the characters are at different points in the celebrity universe. Stardust Memories was a much better attempt at these theme.