A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film in this film festival-mocking comedy starring...
A wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film in this film festival-mocking comedy starring Oscar veterans Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz.
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Brilliant, ridiculous, and pitch-black skewering of artistic ego is an incredible showcase for the talent of its three leads, Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, and Oscar Martínez serving up career-best comic performances.
96 %156 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
80 %233 reviewsAudience score rating
"Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas are a blast in this riotous takedown of egotistical actors."
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Time Out
Time Out"Seeing Cruz and Banderas show off their comedic chops is definitely a pleasure... but this film won’t win many competitions, official or otherwise."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Many of the big laughs derive... (from) the pernickety interactions between the cast who offer a masterclass in comic timing and acerbic repartee."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"Duprat and Cohn construct a sharp satire that doesn’t feel like an in-joke amongst filmmakers..."
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FilmInk
FilmInk"Official Competition never bores, even when it doesn’t quite seem to be going anywhere."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"For those in the know, Official Competition is the perfect homage and takedown of the film industry... and certainly its funniest."
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Collider
Collider"(A) cheeky, funny, slightly overstretched showbiz comedy."
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Variety
Variety"Cruz is a gift, her face communicating Lola’s every unspoken emotion."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"The seasoned performers do all the work, while the directors seem to just look on idly off-camera."
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The Straits Times
The Straits TimesOfficial Competition | Details
- Rating
- 15, strong language
- Runtime
- 114
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- Argentina, Spain
