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Parent Previews
While one character observes: "There's nothing wrong with fake, as long as you know the truth," the real question left after watching Simone is, "Do we really want the ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Parent Previews
The Popkorn Junkie
Al Pacino delivers another tour de force as Taransky, showing why he is one of the most gifted actors to ever emerge from Hollywood, also displaying his broad range for comedy, as well as sweet, romantic drama. Jason Schwartzmann, as always, is ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The Popkorn Junkie
New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Hilariously inventive Hollywood satire. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at New York Daily News (Jack Mathews)
Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
When attending a movie these days, sometimes it's quite hard to distinguish what is real from what is fake. Many people envision a movie in the future containing no real actors, but rather, computer generated façades, capable of tricking the human eye ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
The Oscar Guy (Wesley Lovell)
The Movie Chicks
Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) is a has-been director working on what could be his last movie. When his star, Nicola Anders (Winona Ryder), walks off the picture (because her trailer is not the tallest on the lot), Viktor is told he doesn't have ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The Movie Chicks
ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
IMDB.com
According to the film's publicity, a team of 1015 special effects technicians spent about six months in a tedious postproduction process assembling her. But what neither the screen credits nor the production notes reveal is that the virtual Simone is ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at IMDB.com
The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Movie director Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) has had it with actors. The star of his new movie (Winona Ryder, relishing her cameo as a temperamental "model with a SAG card") insists that he pick all the red Mike and Ike candies out of the bowl and ensure ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Paula Nechak)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
Funny and fascinating, but pot-holed with missed opportunities. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Movie Gazette (Gary Panton)
DVD Clinic ("The Shootin Surgeon")
Director Viktor Taranski (Pacino) comes under fire when his bitchy starlet (played by noted felon Winona Ryder) walks off the set and leaves him to hang. Desperate, he secretly finds salvation in the form of a computer program able to recreate a digital ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at DVD Clinic ("The Shootin Surgeon")
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
On paper, Simone has many things going against it. After logging considerable time on the studio shelf (it bears an unadjusted 2001 copyright) New Line has given the film a minimally-promoted dead-of-August release date, which doesn't exactly set the ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Cyber-Funk Online Review (Mirza mizi Causevic)
Time (Richard Schickel)
Simone is a funny, smart, improbably successful satire on contemporary celebrity obsessions, the waning summer's most delirious comedy. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Writer-director Niccol (who wrote and directed "Gattaca" and scripted "The Truman Show") uses disarming, but wicked lightness to damn the celebrity-worshiping culture and Hollywood's beyond-the-looking-glass filmmaking. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Washington Post (Desson Howe)
filmcritic.com (Norm Schrager)
San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
As the man who made the monster and now has to live with it, Pacino's a blast. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
For all its flaws, offers an enjoyable look at the machinations of moviedom and fame, and a look into a future where what is real and what isn't becomes scarily blurred. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
AboutFilm.com (Francis Nicole Rogers)
Still, in the face of all of its pacing and development problems, Simone remains a fairly entertaining movie. Some of the more technical aspects of the movie, including its score and the rich cinematography, are actually quite well done, and the ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at AboutFilm.com (Francis Nicole Rogers)
Cinema Signals by The Filmiliar Cineaste
That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Simone - or S1m0ne - or even "Simulation One" (should I be proud of figuring that one out from just the previews?) - is a construction of this guy named Hank, some kind of computer whiz who is killed off quickly in the script so we don't ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
Still, for a glimpse into the possibly not to distant future of Hollywood and an interesting premise, Simone is definitely worth seeing. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Scott Nash)
The Bubakar Awards
If there is an inherent flaw in Andrew Niccol's directorial debut, S1m0ne, it is the simple fact that we are supposed to find a digitally created actor shocking or surprising in any way. After Final Fantasy and the articles I have read about a digitally ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The Bubakar Awards
eFilmCritic Reviews
Niccol also gave us the too-serious "Gattaca" and wrote the screenplay for the funny-but-still-too-serious "Truman Show." Somewhere deep within this man is a skilled comic writer, clawing through layers of ponderousness and high concepts, trying to reach ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at eFilmCritic Reviews
Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
SIMONE is Andrew
Niccol's second feature as a director (GATTACA) and third as screenwriter (GATTACA
and THE TRUMAN SHOW), and for someone so new to the industry, he has made quite
a terrific impression on many in terms of his talents. His ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
filmcritic.com (Norm Schrager)
It might sound contrived to say that a film about a computer-generated movie star is a little flat but… well, there it is. It's the unfortunate truth about writer/director Andrew Niccol's Simone, an Al Pacino-led comedy where Niccol visits some ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at filmcritic.com (Norm Schrager)
Reel.com
How much of any movie these days is "real"? With computer-generated images saturating so many blockbusters, how many years are we away from the moment when actors themselves become artificial? In S1MØNE, that time is now. Writer/director ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Reel.com
Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
The highlights of the score are the outbursts of clunky, yet awkwardly
attractive musical moments for the artifical Simone. As her false fame takes
flight, the Simone score features more of her choppy, but rhythmically
flowing electric ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Filmtracks (Christian Clemmensen)
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Al Pacino as Viktor Taransky with Simone in Simone. Hollywood is the land of illusion, a reality hammered home in this sharp satire of desperation and cinematic deception.To what lengths will a washed-up director go to salvage his career? Viktor ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
CultureDose.net (Lee Chase IV)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium (JoBlo)
The Sci-Fi Movie Page
Entertainment Zone Review
Sinlechuga.com (Dan Hoy)
3BlackChicks Review
LowComDom Online Film Review
Planet Sick-Boy
Popkorn Junkie's Review of Simone
Natural Born Viewers
The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
The best scenes play like "Frankenstein" revisited, with a comically bedraggled Pacino cast as the mad scientist trying to protect his runaway creation from a rabid public. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Scott Tobias)
Film Threat (Michael Dequina)
With Simone, Niccol makes what seems like a preposterous idea not only fresh and entertaining, but most of all reveals said idea to be not at all far removed from reality--as any good satire should. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Film Threat (Michael Dequina)
LA Weekly (Lisa Kennedy)
Niccol gives audiences a very amusing puzzle about authenticity, fraud, and the uses and abuses of technology. That is a fine and funny feat. The very folks responsible for our obsession with celebrity will likely love it. And in loving it, they will no ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at LA Weekly (Lisa Kennedy)
eye WEEKLY (Kim Linekin)
The Filthy Critic
Movie Vault (Greg C.)
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
DVD Movie Guide
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
"Simone" is not a bad movie; it's just a comedy that refuses to let its hair down. You will wish it hadn't lasted so long, and that you had laughed more often. And maybe you'll think Simone herself looked a little creepy. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Flak Magazine (Andy Ross)
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Entertainment Weekly
Virtual reality on a computer screen and Hollywood reality on a movie screen are not such different consumer experiences. Both tantalize with scenarios forever out of reach, no matter how intimate our conversation in an Internet chat room or how ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Reel.com (Pam Grady)
Zertinet Movies Review
Reeling Reviews with Robin & Laura Clifford
TheWorldJournal.com
Movie Navigator Review
USA Today (Claudia Puig)
A worthy, if flawed, piece of entertainment. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
A passable satire with a very intriguing premise ultimately feels like it's going around in circles, lasts too damn long and doesn't deliver enough funnies to score full points as a top-notch comedy. I knew that this flick was in trouble early on when ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")
Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Ultimately, Simone is a missed opportunity: what could be a biting commentary on the dehumanization of entertainment devolves into an utterly tedious one-joke farce, with a tired-looking Pacino enduring ever more preposterous situations as his ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Film Quips Online (John R. McEwen)
Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Review by Mark Dujsik
With the advent and rapid growth of the
capabilities of digital special effects technology and computer animation, the
concept of a "synthespian"—a computer generated-creation that can
pass as human in appearance and ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Mark Reviews Movies (Mark Dujsik)
Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
CinemaSpeak.com (Dan Tester)
Simone, the new film from the creator of The Truman Show, poses an interesting question: Is it possible to digitally create Hollywood actors and actresses and effectively cast them in feature films, thus disposing of flesh and blood performers and their ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at CinemaSpeak.com (Dan Tester)
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
For a film aiming to be the ultimate satire of Hollywood, "Simone" falls somewhat shy of the mark to result in a light and relatively enjoyable comedy that you'll forget quite quickly upon leaving the theatre. Director Andrew Niccol, whose previous ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Reel Movie Critic (Shelley Cameron)
In a visual style that echoes the theme, the Hollywood settings and sound stage sets are dreary, strangely bare, and empty of real people. The special effects that signal Simone's digital arrival whenever summoned by Viktor are effective in imparting a ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Reel Movie Critic (Shelley Cameron)
Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
None of this could happen, of course, except in Hollywood, a place where hype, spin and image are more important than reality (well, O.K., Washington too). Part of the joke of Simone is that even after Taransky admits the truth about Simone, most people ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Indeed, Simone herself is never particularly compelling: a bland, waifish amalgamation with about as much personality as a soda cracker. Presumably, that's part of the joke, but it stretches even modest credibility to assume that anyone might ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
In the new movie from the writer of The Truman Show, a studio promotes a computer generated star as though she's a real person. In reality, precisely the reverse has taken place: New Line Cinema tried to generate publicity by claiming the title ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
ShowBIZ Data
New Line Cinema presents a film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. Running time: 117 minutes. Rated PG-13 (for some sensuality).
Most box-office analysts are predicting that XXX will become the first film of the summer to hold the No. 1 spot ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
BluntReview.com (Emily Blunt)
Variety (Scott Foundas)
Attempts to delve beneath the surface of Hollywood's rampant narcissism and fascination with technology, but ultimately feels like just one more in the long line of films this year about the business of making movies. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Variety (Scott Foundas)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The result is gorgeous, if ultimately shallow -- much like Simone herself. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
It's a strange, uneven film, hilarious in moments and tin-eared in others, alternately subtle and hammer-handed, acid and dull, as schizophrenic as "Signs" and probably, like that film, best enjoyed in discrete chunks rather than as a whole that needs to ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Objectif cinéma (Cyril Rota)
Rien ne va plus pour le réalisateur Viktor Taransky : son dernier film est un échec monumental. Pour ajouter à la confusion, Nicola Anders, l'actrice principale de son nouveau long métrage, vient de quitter soudainement le plateau de tournage. Sans ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Objectif cinéma (Cyril Rota)
Detroit News (Susan Stark)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)
Recycles a great many motifs from "Truman" but never comes close to putting on as good a show. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Film Threat (Rick Kisonak)
Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Some movies need a suspension of disbelief. Simone requires a suspension bridge. And as fast as you try to build it, the movie keeps tearing it down. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
It's fitfully funny but never really takes off. Out of the corners of our eyes we glimpse the missed opportunities for some real satirical digging. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Because the material gives off such a delicious vibe, even though the movie itself feels a little old, you want to like Simone. It would be easier if it were a more forceful comedy. But Mr. Niccol's style is that of reticence -- as a director, he's a ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
A ravishing crock. Like its title character, a computer-generated movie star programmed to resemble a cross between Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall and Kim Basinger, it's beautiful but empty, gorgeous but spurious. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Chicago Reader (Hank Sartin)
The film never quite achieves the sharp edge satire demands, largely because director Andrew Niccol, who was so good at managing tone in "Gattaca," can't decide whether to go with nasty or hilariously farcical. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Chicago Reader (Hank Sartin)
Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Andrew Niccol's (" Gattaca ") fantasy/comedy, which he wrote, directed and produced, is about a synthetic (computer-generated) actress named Simone created by a disillusioned auteur director who hungers to express his art. Simone was created from ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
If this is satire, it's the smug and self-congratulatory kind that lets the audience completely off the hook. Effective satire, the Swiftian brand, seduces us first and then implicates us in the seduction -- we become a target too. But this stuff never ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Rick Groen)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Writer-director Andrew Niccol -- gets this Hollywood satire off to a rousing start. But the middle flattens, despite Pacino firing on all cylinders. And the end just nose-dives into something silly and, worse, sentimental. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Because it's Pacino, though, Simone is never quite boring. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
It's not merely that these subjects have already been satirized to the point of ultimate tedium; more importantly, Simone just isn't very funny. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Salon.com (Andrew O'Hehir)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Simone" tells the story of a director at the end of his rope, who inherits a mad inventor's computer program that allows him to create an actress out of thin air. She becomes a big star ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
New York Post (Jonathan Foreman)
Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
But these saving graces are just the extras, just the ornamental finishes on a structure that doesn’t deserve them. At its core, Simone is muddled, and on the whole, the movie doesn’t work. Niccol may be good at asking interesting questions, ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Movie Habit (Marty Mapes)
The Movie Insider (John Sylva)
Simone has the great misfortune of being the third entry this year in the what-goes-on-behind-the-scenes genre--even though, considering the talent involved, the prefix should undoubtedly be absent. Both Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending and Steven ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The Movie Insider (John Sylva)
Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
Or, My Computer Program Is an Actress. The most infuriating media satire since Hal Hartley’s No Such Thing -- whose distributor at least had the good graces to cancel its release after screening it for press -- Andrew Niccol’s flaccid, toothless tale ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Philadelphia City Paper (Sam Adams)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Although it springs from a clever and timely idea, Simone is a media satire that ultimately lacks bite. Taking aim at everyone from spoiled Hollywood actors, to investigative reporters, to an insatiable audience that is all too easily fooled into ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
If Niccol's message is that we, as a society, have lost the ability to discern the difference between art and technology, then we hardly need something as ungainly as Simone to make the point. Ditto for the idea that, in the movie-making ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Movie Navigator (Shaun Sages)
SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Five years before making S1m0ne, expat New Zealander Andrew Niccol made an impressive appearance on the genre scene when he wrote and directed the coolly intelligent, genetically-engineered dystopia film Gattaca (1997), as well as wrote the script ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
What it is, distressingly, is a mess - a ragbag of promising ideas and failed narrative, of good acting and plain old bad filmmaking. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
Offering a chance to get out from under the dramatic weight of his past films, Al Pacino is enormous fun here as the feverish Viktor. Playing fast and loose, Pacino runs right over the rest of the cast, which features an indifferent Catherine Keener ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Moda Magazine (Brian Orndorf)
Natural Born Viewers (Andrew Mackay)
She's blonde, she's beautiful, she does what she's told, she turns up on
time, she has no problem with nudity – she doesn't need a stuntman,
stand-in, script or a wage packet.
No, she's not a prostitute: she's "Simone": an ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Natural Born Viewers (Andrew Mackay)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
In our current age of digitized media where truly lifelike images of dinosaurs routinely trundle across the silver screen and even the most drop-dead gorgeous of superstars regularly have their onscreen personas digitally buffed to remove blemishes and ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
"Simone" should have been a comment on artistic obsession, on Hollywood, on the natures of celebrity and reality -- it should have been a lot of things, but it isn't any of them. It isn't even a well-made studio picture or passable piece of light comedy. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Torpedoed by its own overarching idealism -- the film targets the new star system, the media, the studios, digital technology, and pretty much everything else you might care to think of -- and not enough script to back it all up. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Each plot twist trumps its predecessor into ludicrousness. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Niccol has no gift for comedy. His ongoing exploration of modern celebrity results in an industry satire that's less funny than half-empty and hyper-designed. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Moves at a lumbering pace, peppered with ungainly gags and dramatic moments with little emotional power. The ironic commentary on show-biz superficiality is sabotaged by Niccol's failure to make his own story seem real. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
If computers play an ever-greater part in filmmaking, then actors made of bits and bytes could be the Oscar winners of tomorrow. That's the premise of "Simone," starring Al Pacino as a has-been director who needs a new angle to restart his career. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Such a tedious Hollywood farce, so unpleasantly glib and relentlessly shallow, that Pacino's excessive performance is not even the worst thing about it. ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
filethirteen.com Review
The wannabee wunderkind behind "Gattaca" and "The Truman Show" has created one of the most ridiculous, vile, fabricated, obvious, trite, vainglorious, pretentious films ever to exist. It might be a good idea to bind him, gag him, gouge out his eyes and ...read the complete S1m0ne movie review at filethirteen.com Review
MovieWeb (B. Alan Orange)
User Reviews
by M. R. Estante "ht... on July 28, 2008
Victor Taransky is a Hollywood film director who gets a cyber simulated actress to fill in the role vacated by another performer. He creates, with the help of a cybergeek, a hologram named Simone who is so realistic that the public believes she is real. ...
by Kayla Renea on November 03, 2006
Simone is definetly different from your typical Al Pacino movie. Simone is more of a comedy than a drama. You definetly see a different side to Al Pacino. I think that he pulls off the comedy very well. I really enjoyed this movie. Like I said, it's ...
by Courtney Rabideau on September 16, 2006
Vicktor Turanski is a director that has not had good luck with diva actresses. He meets up with a dieing compture wiz that tells him about this new thing he has done with his computure. Simulated a human. Soon the computer junkie is dead and he gives ...
by Ronald L. Russell on January 11, 2006
This is a very smart, funny, and observant film about Hollywood, the media in general, and the public, and how they manipulate each other. Al Pacino plays Viktor Taransky, a film director who has made some good films in the past, but has a difficult time ...
by Jacques COULARDEA... on December 01, 2004
A strange story indeed. A mediocre to average film maker is willed a strange « machine » by some mad scientist before dying. This computerized device enables the film maker to produce the best actress ever, ideal as for her looks and her acting, but also ...
by M. Drake "sk65" on November 06, 2004
If there is ever a movie,that you have got to see..let "Simone" be that movie! I saw this movie on Showtime once,and I was immediately HOOKED..and that same week I found the movie on DVD!This is the first movie of its kind,to give you and idea where we ...
by G. Thompson on December 27, 2003
Simone is about a very artistic film director (Pacino) who feels underappreciated toward himself and toward movies, that they should be creative works of art that are created by the visionary director rather than the stars that act in them.
At a low ...
by A Hilary Hater on July 11, 2003
Simone....a classic is what it could be called. Al Pacino plays a director being shot down. But then a mysterious man gives him a disc ( Simone). Should I tell you more?! Nah.... I'll let you buy this masterpiece and figure the fun out yourself. It can ...
by Samuel Johnson II... on May 16, 2003
I love Rachel Roberts in it because she was S1m0ne and i love the rest of the cast because it was a wonderful cast starring Al Pacino,Winona Ryder,Catherine Keener and also Rachel Roberts but i hope Rachel Roberts play in movies because she is a ...
by Willy D. Reviewer on December 13, 2009
This is one of those movies that you like, but don't know why you like it. Almost a guilty pleasure.
The story is intended as fantasy fun, so you leave your brains at the door when you play this DVD.
Al does an excellent job in his "against type" role. ...
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