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State and Main (2000) Rank 2 Reviews
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Senses of Cinema (Boris Trbic)
Salon.com (Charles Taylor)
At its best, State and Main is fast and sharp, but when a movie like this goes off the rails, it's more disappointing than when a bad movie does. ...read the complete State and Main movie review at Salon.com (Charles Taylor)
Hollywood Hostel (Al Franken)
Film Threat (Ron Wells)
[ State and Main ] has been heralded as the second coming of Preston Sturges. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall any of that comedic master's films ever revolving around a statutory rape charge. ...read the complete State and Main movie review at Film Threat (Ron Wells)
Hollywood Hostel (Tim Chandler)
Mamet waves a wide scythe as he tries to skewer every detail of Hollywood. ...read the complete State and Main movie review at Hollywood Hostel (Tim Chandler)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Mr. Showbiz (Kevin Maynard)
For all its wit and sharp casting, State and Main is way too pleased with itself to be funny or endearing. ...read the complete State and Main movie review at Mr. Showbiz (Kevin Maynard)
cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
www.filmrecensiepagina.nl (Wilko de Bruin)
Civilcinema.com (Christian Ramirez)
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Village Voice (Jessica Winter)
State and Main is a Hollywood satire as cynical and thickheaded as its supposed targets. ...read the complete State and Main movie review at Village Voice (Jessica Winter)
DVD Clinic ("Dr. Drew")
A group of Hollywood big wigs and actors decide to shoot their next film in the sleepy town of Waterford, Vermont. Led by an ambitious director (William H. Macy), they find themselves running rampant through the small town and disrupting many of the ...read the complete State and Main movie review at DVD Clinic ("Dr. Drew")
Indiewire
The glowing light at the center of "State and Main" is not the callow female star Claire Wellesley (Jessica Parker), but instead Ann Black, the earnest owner of the local bookstore, also a director of amateur theatricals, played by Mrs. Mamet, Rebecca ...read the complete State and Main movie review at Indiewire
DigitalVD.de (Carsten Scheibe)
reVision (Luca Bandirali)
Nella asettica, conformista cittadina di Waterford, nel Vermont la vita scorre come è giusto che debba scorrere, secondo le antiche regole, quelle che nessuno ha veramente interesse a mettere in discussione. E allora a che serve la troupe del film "The ...read the complete State and Main movie review at reVision (Luca Bandirali)
The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
A surprisingly unpolished piece of work that plays as though it were written for the stage and only slightly modified for the screen. ...read the complete State and Main movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
New York Times (Stephen Holden)
A surprisingly unpolished piece of work that plays as though it were written for the stage and only slightly modified for the screen. ...read the complete State and Main movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
User Reviews
by Scott W. Talbert ... on July 20, 2009
I had never seen this movie before. I picked it up in my local resale shop in a small town, like the town in the movie. Our town could be the town in the movie. We are close to Austin and I can imagine this going on in our town. This movie is a good ...
by Narciso Rangel Jr... on May 31, 2009
At Slcc my professor who has been in at least a couple of movies said this is really what goes on while making a movie. The star studded cast make this a must own. Everyone is so in tune with making a movie or sometimes just themselves. Though the movie ...
by UES on February 04, 2008
"That's absurd."
"So is our electoral system, but we still vote."
Few people can cut through the nonsense with as much wit as David Mamet, and in State and Main, the writer/director puts his talents to great use. The movie shows us the insides of ...
by Jon P. Gutek on September 20, 2005
This is one of the very few movies that both my wife and I love and have watched several times and never get sick of it. It is hard to believe that David Mamet has something this good inside of him - it has to do with people not crime and violence.
If ...
by Stephen Kaczmarek... on September 27, 2004
"State and Main" is a throwback to the often gentle but hilarious satires of the 50s and 60s--you know the ones where the bucolic splendor of small-town America is thrust into chaos by the arrival of out-of-towners. Like "The Music Man" and "The ...
by Corey White on March 31, 2004
"State and Main" is a David Mamet movie, and it shows. While more light-hearted than most of the his other works, it shares their stylized writing, understated cinematography, and brilliantly cynical humor. The movie follows the misadventures ...
by Ryan on February 28, 2004
State and Main is a witty, intelligent, and funny movie. Worth owning. ...
by Bryan Weber on June 21, 2003
This is a comedy with wit and heart.
When the cast and crew of a Hollywood film are run out of one small town for the "fetish" of the lead actor (Baldwin) they must quickly relocate to yet another SmallTown USA.
They are assailed almost immediately by ...
by Jeff W. Prine "en... on February 10, 2003
This movie provides comical insight into the life of film making. If you found pleasure in this witty film check out "living in Oblivion". Both are very enjoyable films. ...
by thomas angelo zun... on November 12, 2002
My sister saw this film and hated it, probably because she has nothing to do with the entertainment industry and just did ...
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