Review of The Player (1992) by Dominic S — 27 May 2014
The Player is one of the top-notch stories to hit Hollywood's door.
Tim Robbins stars as Griffin Mill, a movie studio executive who spends days listening to screenwriters pitching their stories. Mill gets to decide if the story concept has a chance at being made into a feature film for their studio. Later in the film it is revealed that the studio gets around 500,000 movie pitches per year and only 12 of them actually get made into a film.
Mill finds out that a screenwriter he once turned down has been anonymously sending him threatening postcards as revenge for turning down his idea. Mill finds the writer and has drink with him. After rejecting Mill's apology, the two of them get into a brawl and Mill accidentally drowns the writer.
Throughout the film, Mill meets the late writer's girlfriend and Mill struggles to keep his crime under wraps as he continues with his job.
The ending of this film is an exceptional bang to the entire beautiful film.
This film really takes its audience into a whole new level of reality vs. what is just in the movies. This film is hilarious, entertaining and an interesting piece of art.
Robert Altman's directing and cinematography is also amazing.
The Player, I give you a 100%.
This review of The Player (1992) was written by Dominic S on 27 May 2014.
The Player has generally received very positive reviews.
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