Charmingly posits questions of how much does one’s juice come from within, and how much from some external, perhaps even mystical force?

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 25, 2024

This kind of subject is barely interesting; it's insular and reflexive, and sometimes it laughs at its own jokes. But when you populate the story with some of the most unlikable characters imaginable, it evolves into something that's simply repellent.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 26, 2023

"The Muse'' is an intelligent, undemanding comedy.

| Jun 12, 2018

Satire, Hollywood in-jokes won't appeal to kids.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 28, 2010

Like the character he plays here, Albert Brooks needed someone or something to re-inspire him while working on this plodding comedy.

| Oct 30, 2009

Albert Brooks' mildly amusing satire about the inner workings of Hollywood benefits from Sharon Stone's droll and sexy performance, but as a comedy it's too familiar and not funny enough.

| Original Score: C+ | Aug 20, 2009

Brooks' gentle satire of Hollywood.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 25, 2008

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 8, 2002

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 22, 2002

In its story of a terrible filmmaker, it almost manages to explain the madness behind why Brooks still gets to crank out excrement like this.

| Original Score: short | Mar 7, 2002

Squeezes out plenty of laughs at the expense of the Hollywood film community.

| Feb 28, 2002

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 21, 2001

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 1, 2001

As a director, Brooks taps directly into Sharon Stone's funny bone; her glowing gift for comedy is enough to make you forgive and forget her many high-profile bombs.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

The lead performances of Brooks, MacDowell, and Stone are critical to the story's success, and ultimately fall flat.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 1, 2000

The clear potential that The Muse possesses only makes the final product even more of a disappointment.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

The movie's big accomplishment turns out to be giving Stone an opportunity to display her previously unseen lighter side, a challenge the actress eagerly accepts.

| Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000