The Big Picture

Another "get even with Hollywood" satire in the tradition of SOB and Movers and Shakers, The Big Picture is an elongated inside joke complete with un-billed celebrity cameos. In this first feature-film directorial effort by actor/writer Christopher Guest, Kevin Bacon plays a "boy wonder" director ...more

An intermittently hilarious look at the travails of getting a film produced in Hollywood, this pleasant satire by first-time director/Spinal Tap-alumnus Christopher Guest is slight, but manages to carry through on its good humor and savvy wit. Kevin Bacon is a perfect everyman choice for the lead role and makes the labors of student filmmaking believable to its core audience (disgruntled filmmaker hopefuls). Like This is Spinal Tap (which starred Guest and co-writer Michael McKean), The Big ...more