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NUMBERS
Box Office: $4,781,031
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CONSENSUS
Although Hollywood Ending contains some zany one-liners, its promising premise is far from developed.
CAST & CREW
Woody Allen, Téa Leoni, Treat Williams
Directed by Woody Allen
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SYNOPSIS
In HOLLYWOOD ENDING, Woody Allen stars as Val Waxman, a onetime hot director who now gets fired from deodorant commercials in the frozen north. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, some drug references and sexual material
RUNTIME
1 hour, 54 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: May 3, 2002
Video: Sep 17, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
DreamWorks Distribution LLC
GENRE
Comedies, New York City, Film About Film, Directors
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Hollywood Ending Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
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 "It isn’t going to convert any of Woody Allen’s detractors into fans, but it’s a funny and sometimes distinctly sweet meditation on the movies, relationships and getting older."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
"Allen's funniest and most likeable movie in years."
-- Scott Von Doviak, FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
"[Allen] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"A funny film."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
 "Just a string of stale gags, with no good inside dope, and no particular bite."
-- Gary Thompson, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
"Feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and, perhaps more than he realizes, just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work."
-- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"But even a blind man can see that this turgid comedy is mechanical and uninspired and even worse, it's a sour
grapes film."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
"Watching "Ending" is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor's garage sale. You can't believe anyone would really buy this stuff."
-- James Sanford, KALAMAZOO GAZETTE
"While Hollywood Ending has its share of belly laughs (including a knockout of a closing line), the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity."
-- Rene Rodriguez, MIAMI HERALD
"Woody Allen's latest is an ambling, broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz."
-- James Rocchi, NETFLIX
"Allen se atreve a atacar, a atacarse y nos ofrece gags que van de la sonrisa a la risa de larga duración"
-- Alex Ramirez, CINENGANOS
"A baffling misfire, and possibly the weakest movie [Woody Allen] has made in the last twenty years."
-- Dustin Putman, THEMOVIEBOY.COM
"Hollywood Ending is the most disappointing Woody Allen movie ever. He has a great cast and a great idea. But the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work."
-- David Poland, HOT BUTTON
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"At first, the sight of a blind man directing a film is hilarious, but as the film goes on, the joke wears thin."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"A charming trifle...a welcome return to jocular form."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Allen can do better, and has done better, but perhaps this is as good as he does anymore."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
"The first hour alone is worth the admission price."
-- Chuck Schwartz, CRANKY CRITIC®
"None of this so-called satire has any sting to it, as if Woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally, to some extent, warmed up to him."
-- Chuck Rudolph, MATINEE MAGAZINE
"Hollywood Ending is not show-stoppingly hilarious, but scathingly witty nonetheless."
-- Audrey Rock-Richardson, TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN (UTAH)
"Woody Allen has really found his groove these days. The problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another."
-- Steve Rhodes, STEVE RHODES' INTERNET REVIEWS
"[Allen's] been making piffle for a long while, and Hollywood Ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now."
-- Peter Rainer, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
"Allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"[Allen's] best works understand why snobbery is a better satiric target than middle-America diversions could ever be."
-- Mark Palermo, COAST (HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA)
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ROTTEN 41%
Avg. Rating: 6.1/10 |
"Hollywood Ending just isn't very funny."
-- Stephanie Zacharek, SALON.COM
"Woody Allen used to ridicule movies like Hollywood Ending. Now he makes them."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"With Hollywood Ending, he's made three solid comedies in a row, each a light lark with no hint of morose self-reflection."
-- Bruce Westbrook, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"Whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art, it's an unhappy situation all around."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Funny but perilously slight."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"Though it draws several decent laughs, it's low-cal Woody at best."
-- Paul Tatara, CNN
"Destined to make Allen's fans around the world giggle, guffaw and shiver with delight."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"For the first time in several years, Mr. Allen has surpassed himself with the magic he's spun with the Hollywood empress of Ms. Leoni's Ellie."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"It's as if Allen, at 66, has stopped challenging himself."
-- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST
"Woody Allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody. But I had a lot of problems with this movie."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
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"for those for whom the name Woody Allen was once a guarantee of something fresh, sometimes funny, and usually genuinely worthwhile, Hollywood Ending is a depressing experience"
-- Harvey O'Brien, HARVEY'S MOVIE REVIEW
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* Mouse over a tomato icon for a publication's original rating. Original rating not available for every publication.
* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Hollywood Ending" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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