Permanent Midnight Review |
by Dustin Putman |
Directed by David Veloz.
Cast: Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Owen Wilson, Cheryl
Ladd, Peter Greene, Janeane Garofalo.
1998 - 92 minutes.
Rated R (for profanity, sex, and drug use).
Reviewed October 25, 1998. more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Edward Johnson-ott |
Permanent Midnight (1998)
Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Janeane Garofalo, Owen Wilson,
Peter Greene, Fred Willard. Produced by Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy.
Cinematography by Robert Yeoman. Screenplay by David Veloz, based on the
book by...more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Christopher Null |
. PERMANENT MIDNIGHT
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1998 Christopher Null more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Christopher Null |
. PERMANENT MIDNIGHT
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1998 Christopher Null more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Scott Renshaw |
PERMANENT MIDNIGHT
(Artisan)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Owen Wilson, Peter
Greene.
Screenplay: David Veloz, based on the memoir by Jerry Stahl.
Producers: Jane Hamsher and Don Murphy.
Director: David Veloz.
MPAA Rating: R...more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Steve Rhodes |
Hollywood addicts are different but no less pathetic than addicts
elsewhere. PERMANENT MIDNIGHT, based on screenwriter Jerry Stahl's
autobiography, paints an alarming portrait of drugs in Tinseltown.
After shooting up heroin and consuming his...more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by David N. Butterworth |
There's something about Ben Stiller that makes him a popular choice
among casting directors these days. Stiller currently has three projects
in circulation, and what other actor can lay claim to that? He's in
"There's Something About Mary," which I...more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Michael Dequina |
Arriving fairly fresh off the blink-and-you-thankfully-missed-it run of
Terry Gilliam's _Fear_and_Loathing_in_Las_Vegas_ is another adaptation of a
drug-dazed book, this time a non-fiction one: _Permanent_Midnight_, the
celebrated autobiography of TV...more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Steve Rhodes |
Hollywood addicts are different but no less pathetic than addicts
elsewhere. PERMANENT MIDNIGHT, based on screenwriter Jerry Stahl's
autobiography, paints an alarming portrait of drugs in Tinseltown.
After shooting up heroin and consuming his...more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Ted Prigge |
Director: David Veloz
Writer: David Veloz (based on the autobiography by Jerry Stahl)
Starring: Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Owen Wilson, Fred
Willard, Peter Greene, Janeane Garafolo, Cheryl Ladd, Connie Nielsen, Andy
Dick, Jerry Stahl more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Matt Williams |
David Veloz directs his adaptation of Jerry Stahl's autobiographical
portrait of a Hollywood writer succumbing to the downward spiral of drug
addiction. Despite some adequate performances, the film merely treads
water with nowhere to go, and nothing to...more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Susan Granger |
There are two primary pitfalls in making movies about drug
addiction. First: the subject matter has already been covered,
beginning in the '50s with "The Man With the Golden Arm," so the
audience knows the protagonist will inevitably collapse....more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Bill Chambers |
starring Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Maria Bello, Janeane Garofalo
screenplay by David Veloz, based on the novel by Jerry Stahl
directed by David Veloz more |
Permanent Midnight Review |
by Harvey S. Karten |
Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Artisan Entertainment
Director: David Veloz
Writer: David Veloz, from Jerry Stahl's autobiography
Cast: Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo, Maria
Bello, Owen Wilson, Peter Greene, Fred Willard, Cheryl...more |