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Giovanni Ribisi,
Giovanni Ribisi,
Franka Potente,
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Adam Goldberg,
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: Thinkfilm
: 111 min.
: English
: Spanish
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A hot young celebrity discovers fame can be a toxic substance in this independent drama. Gray Evans (Giovanni Ribisi) is a successful actor in his late twenties who would seem to have it made. Gray is married to an attractive actress with a solid career of her own, Mia Lang (Franka Potente), he's got several projects in the works, he gets lots of fan mail, and he gets to hang out at ritzy parties with his heroes. But Gray is far from happy; his marriage to Mia is starting to fall apart, and he's being driven to distraction by his obsessive belief that a fan is stalking him. As Gray struggles to separate his delusions from reality, he finds himself indulging in a bit of stalking of his own, as he begins following John (Joshua Jackson), a clerk at a video store who is a big fan of his movies. The way Gray sees it, John is happier than he is, John's pretty wife, Jane (Marisa Coughlan), loves him while Mia doesn't care for him any more, and all in all he'd just as soon trade lives with the guy. In the midst of all this, Gray has recently run into Shana (Christina Ricci), a former flame he'd like to reconnect with. Directed by actor Adam Goldberg, I Love Your Work features a number of major stars in cameo roles, including Vince Vaughn, Jason Lee, and Elvis Costello. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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by talltale
April 1, 2006 - 7:05 AM PST
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| There is some intelligence, humor and satirical wit buried in Adam Goldberg's I LOVE YOUR WORK (he directed and co-wrote the screenplay & music, so responsibility beckons), but this would-be auteur just doesn't have the filmmaking skills to unearth it. I suspect even those in the movie business may grow a bit tired of the not-so-new ways that the addled actor, played by Giovanni Ribisi, finds to fall apart (and that the screenplay & direction use to track this decline). The cast that Goldberg and his casting director have assembled is top-notch (another chance to see the marvelous Judy Greer!), and the look of the film is interesting (different color palettes for differing realities and time frames). In fact, "I Love Your Work" possesses both the clever visuals and attenuated length of Goldberg's 1998 "Scotch & Milk." So what? Not much. |
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