Stardom
Sex, Seduction... Stardom!
Tina (Jessica Pare), a naïve tomboy, gets plucked from hockey-playing obscurity to become the super model of the media-mad world. Tina's rise and fall from stardom is captured by the paparazzi that hound her day and night, and is aided by her sleazy manager (Thomas Gibson). Along the way she has no qualms about using and discarding a series of older men, including a married restauranteur (Dan Akroyd) and a ruthless Canadian Ambassador (Frank Langella). Each guided step in her career ups the ante as she begins to cash in on her fame, but one day fate gives Tina a reality check and she finds herself asking one burning question: is it possible to be beautiful, rich, famous and happy too?
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Interesting concept, middling execution - Patrick_Conejo
Interesting concept, of telling a character's story entirely through media appearances, executed with only partial success. Would be more effective if the actors playing interviewers and TV hosts were directed realistically, rather than as over-the-top cartoons. It picks up as it goes along, though, especially when the better actors -- Langella, Aykroyd, and Gibson -- are onscreen. Not horrible, but not one of Arcand's best, either.
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Interesting concept, middling execution - Patrick_Conejo
Interesting concept, of telling a character's story entirely through media appearances, executed with only partial success. Would be more effective if the actors playing interviewers and TV hosts were directed realistically, rather than as over-the-top cartoons. ...