Possibly the best movie that could be made about Toby Young that isn't rated NC-17.
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Empire
Empire
Not as smart or as satirical as you might hope, but an enjoyable and often funny look at a mad, mad, mad, mad world.
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Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Best in show is the divine Gillian Anderson as a powerful celebrity publicist, editing the image of her clients in much the same way this adaptation tames Young's much pricklier book.
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Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
The result is an initially hilarious picture that grows perplexingly trite as screenwriter Peter Straughan transforms Young's sly observations into assembly-line pap.
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USA Today
USA Today
Gets muddled in slapstick and crude humor.
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The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
The Hollywood ReporterSheri Linden
Simon Pegg is likably smart and obnoxious as the fish-out-of-water Brit in high-gloss Manhattan, but he's swimming upstream in a feature that substitutes slapstick for scathing wit.
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Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
An embarassingly unfunny, stumblebum adaptation of Toby Young's memoir.