| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 17, 2011

This is one of Jaglom's most curious and oddly moving films.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 7, 2007

I've been among the unbelievers, but Hollywood Dreams turned me around -- to a point. Perhaps it's because the film is among Jaglom's best, love him or leave him.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 6, 2007

It's the Hollywood dream factory as seen through [director] Jaglom's lens, and it's often out of focus.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 8, 2007

The balance of this indie production (Jaglom's 14th) consists of his usual weakly improvised relationship comedy.

| Jun 7, 2007

Jaglom's Hollywood Dreams are far closer to reality than they might seem. Unfortunately.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 7, 2007

[Director] Jaglom's scruffy style doesn't carry it through. He puts enough toxic insincerity on screen to singe, though.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 6, 2007

The movie caves in on the issue of charm.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 1, 2007

Hollywood Dreams is a must for Jaglom fans. For other viewers, it will depend upon how much they can take of Jaglom's improvisational style and Frederick's over-the-top, tear-filled acting.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 25, 2007

The biggest problem is inexperienced lead Tanna Frederick, who overplays every scene.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 25, 2007

Knowing but never jaded, Hollywood Dreams is driven by Ms. Frederick's no-boundaries commitment to her broken character, a performance that's as startling as it is touching.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 25, 2007

Hollywood Dreams is meant to be an insider's tale, but it feels like it comes from the cinema of hangers-on.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 25, 2007

Better pruning and different choices might have helped to shape the film into a more cohesive piece, instead of one so desperate to be funny that it sacrifices its honesty.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 18, 2007

It's a clunky, slack, directionless film that ultimately heads in a meaningful direction, but makes much of the route there seem unnecessary.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | May 17, 2007

The 15th film in 35 years written and directed by Henry Jaglom, that love-him-or-hate-him iconoclast of American independent filmmaking, is also one of his warmest.

| May 15, 2007