| Simone Review |
| by Jonathan F. Richards |
| Hollywood filmmakers may be trying to tell us something. This is the
second movie this year (after Woody Allen's "Hollywood Ending") in which an
Oscar-winning director whose career is on the skids has to scramble to make a
comeback. In Woody's,...more |
| Simone Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3/4) |
| Directed by Andrew Niccol, from his screenplay. Starring Al Pacino,
Catherine Keener, Rachel Roberts. Running time: 116 minutes. Rated PG for
mature theme by the MFCB. Reviewed on August 27th, 2002. more |
| Simone Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| S1M0NE (2002) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Al Pacino, Catherine
Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Evan Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr. Written and
directed by Alex Niccol. Rated PG-13. more |
| Simone Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C-) |
| SIMONE (director/writer: Andrew Niccol; cinematographers: Derek Grover/Edward
Lachman; editor: Paul Rubell; music: Carter Burwell; cast: Al Pacino (Viktor
Taransky), Catherine Keener (Elaine Christian), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Max
Sayer), Jay Mohr (Hal),...more |
| Simone Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper |
| SIMONE (2002)
Rated PG-13; running time 117 minutes
Studio: New Line Cinema
Genre: Comedy
Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.s1m0ne.com/
IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0258153
Written by: Andrew...more |
| Simone Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "Simone" (New Line Cinema)
It was a great ruse, and he almost pulled it off! New Zealand-born
writer/producer/director Andrew Niccol, who did the challenging sci-fi saga
"Gattaca," creates a synthetic movie star for...more |
| Simone Review |
| by Eugene Novikov (Rating: B+) |
| "A star is digitized!"
In making a movie about a director who fools the entire world with a
computer-generated superstar, writer-director Andrew Niccol, it would seem,
has pulled a fast one on the media himself. Everything I've read about
Simone refers...more |
| Simone Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 5/10) |
| PLOT:
A has-been director, with little left to lose in his life, discovers his perfect
movie actress in a computer program left to him by an adoring fan. Once up and
running, Simone the actress is loved, adored and worshipped around the world and
becomes...more |
| Simone Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Rating out of 4 stars: 3.5
Reviewed by Harvey Karten
New Line Cinema
Director: Andrew Niccol
Writer: Andrew Niccol
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Pruitt
Taylor Vince, Jay Mohr, Elias Koteas, Winona Ryder
Screened at: MGM Room, NYC,...more |
| Simone Review |
| by John Sylva (Rating: C) |
| If there's something to be gained from Andrew Niccol's Simone, I sure don't
know what it is. While the usually inventive writer/director's film is
always watchable and occasionally quite engaging, the intentions in his
telling of film director Viktor...more |
| Simone Review |
| by Shaun Sages (Rating: C) |
| GRADE: C
Starring: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince,
Jay Mohr, Evan Rachel Wood, Jason Schwartzman
Directed by Andrew Niccol
Running Time: 117 minutes
Rated PG-13 for some sensuality more |
| Simone Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| When film director Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) finds himself removing the cherry
pieces from a large bowl of Mike & Ike's for a prima Dona
model-turned-movie-star (Winona Ryder) he knows that he has hit rock bottom in
his professional life. Then the...more |
| Simone Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B+) |
| When art film director Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) loses his demanding
star Nicola Anders (Winona Ryder, "Mr. Deeds"), his ex-wife Elaine (Catherine
Keener, "Lovely & Amazing"), who also happens to be head of the studio, is
finally forced to fire him....more |
| Simone Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| "I relate better to people when they're not actually there," Simone, a hot new
actress, tells her co-stars about why she will not be physically present in any
scenes with them. This is understandable since Simone, short for Simulation
One, is actually...more |
