Bowfinger (1999)
"The con is on."
Critics Score
🎬 78%
(RT: 83%, MC: 73) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Adam Alexi-Malle as Afrim
Kohl Sudduth as Slater
Is Bowfinger good?
It's divisive. Only 65% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 78%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture. Wikipedia ↗
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