Permanent Midnight Reviews

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