John Waters all too often dresses up colorful characters only to give them no place to go. His lopsided Cecil B. Demented is a prime example.

| Apr 5, 2022

Kevin Nealon, in his greatest role, plays himself as the star of Forrest Gump II. Impossible dreams abound...

| Sep 16, 2020

Does this picture leap off the screen, or what? Yes, it leaps -- thanks to Melanie Griffith's eager participation in this act of revenge, Stephen Dorff's unbuttoned nuttiness...and Waters's knowing, caring intelligence about movie culture and its decline.

| Jul 13, 2015

Waters satire of the film buff and the film industry is warranted and criminally under-appreciated...

| May 25, 2013

Leave it to Waters to find a proper use for Mrs. Johnson-Banderas, whose natural, annoying shrillness is perfect.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 8, 2010

As always, Waters works with an unmistakable affection for even his grubbiest characters.

| Original Score: A | Sep 24, 2007

Takes a potentially fun concept and basically goes nowhere with it.

| Jan 5, 2007

If you're under 25 and believe in your cute rebel-'til-I-die heart that indie cinema is inherently True ****ing Art that gives the finger to The Man in Hollywood, then Cecil B. Demented may be your masturbatory fantasy.

| Apr 6, 2006

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Waters' pointless and arguably weakest film is a satire of a Holllywood director that's so hermetic and contrived that it hardly has any reason to exist

| Original Score: C- | Jul 31, 2005

Mildly scabrous.

| Original Score: B | May 3, 2005

| Original Score: C- | Apr 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 14, 2003

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 25, 2003

Waters may have a budget ($9 million) and real Hollywood stars now, but he's still giving the finger to everything decent with his new film

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 10, 2003

Of the John Waters films I've seen (and I'll admit my knowledge of his films is limited), I'd say it's the best premise with the poorest execution.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 18, 2003

| Original Score: C | Jan 10, 2003

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 8, 2002

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Dec 8, 2002