[A] hilariously canny 1989 satire about contemporary filmmaking in Hollywood.

| Feb 2, 2016

Befitting two of the co-authors of This is Spinal Tap, Guest and Michael McKean, The Big Picture displays a keen eye for the silliness of film biz customs, lingo and attitudes.

| Mar 11, 2009

The movie references may strike some as in-jokey, but Guest's likeable film has enough jaundiced sideswipes and lighter chuckles to see it through its slacker spells.

| Feb 9, 2006

Very slight, but it hits most of its Hollywood targets with a certain degree of savvy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2005

A consistently genial, intermittently funny send-up of the current Hollywood scene as demonstrated by the rise and fall of an award-winning film student.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 30, 2004

You keep rooting for this Hollywood sendup to make it, even as the bad ideas start gaining on the good.

| May 12, 2001