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By Pj Nabarro (328) for Patrick Nabarro (306) on 08 Dec 2018

Indicative of a time when Allen had a degree of vivacity and ingenuity in his work before it went increasingly down the turgid, tourist-porn…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 30 Aug 2017

It would be easy to dismiss Celebrity as merely a wafer-thin picture about the wafer-thinness of our narcissistic culture…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 21 Feb 2017

Woody Allen's new film has a few shortcomings but it's a heartfelt cry from what may be the last serious man left in the America as he contemplates…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 05 Aug 2016

Suffers from lulls and lapses and one lulu of a casting gaffe, but this keenly observant spoof of the fame game is hardly the work of a burnout…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 19 Apr 2016

It is a recognized truth of the movie industry that even the best film makers will have disappointments, and, for Woody Allen, Celebrity fits…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 26 May 2014

The movie's shot in black and white; Allen is one of the rare and valuable directors who sometimes insists in working in the format that is…

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By Ron Wells (162) for Film Threat (5,156) on 25 Jul 2013

I can't really remember the last time I saw a movie with this much biting satire and brilliance that was utterly excruciating half the time…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 19 Sep 2012

Scattered, phlegmatic and an all-around weak effort, Celebrity turns out instead to be one of Allen's periodic misfires…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Steve Davis (486) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 Mar 2012

Purportedly a seriocomic contemplation on a civilization that's lost its way, the movie jabs at America's fascination with its false idols…

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By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Feb 2012

The idea of a Woody Allen movie about fame is enticing, but a meandering screenplay and uninspired acting make this one of his thinnest, tinniest…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 05 Feb 2012

Self-indulgent wallow in privileged malaise…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Andrea C. Basora (28) for Newsweek (1,534) on 03 Jan 2012

Shot in crisp black and white, this homage to La Dolce Vita nonetheless lacks the charm and energy of Fellini's farcical original…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Jan 2012

Woody Allen at his most inconsequential and insubstantial; don't expect to remember this black-and-white throwaway of comic sketches five minutes…

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By F. X. Feeney (104) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 19 Dec 2011

Celebrity is one of Woody Allen’s finest…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Jun 2011

Technically, the b/w film is impressive, but the tale is shallow and diffuse and has little to say about our media- saturated life and obsession…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Oct 2010

Celebrity is a waste, a tedious and depressingly routine film by a filmmaker on a steep, possibly permanent artistic decline…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By David Edelstein (2,124) for Slate (2,081) on 25 Mar 2010

I found the movie cheap, muddled, and thoroughly devoid of insight…

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By Rob Gonsalves (1,031) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 12 Aug 2007

Celebrity is about the tiny planets revolving around Hollywood's many suns, trying to absorb some heat. It's a cold universe nonetheless…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 12 Nov 2006

The hero's restlessness infects the rest of the movie; the story feels febrile and unhappy, and Allen seems to take his dissatisfaction out…

Review of Celebrity (1998)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 25 Aug 2006

It is this sense of real life blurring with make-believe that Allen's film is really playing with, like a kitten toying with a scared mouse…

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Film critics gave Celebrity (1998) an average score of 52%, indicating generally mixed reviews.

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