Mistress

Knowing several real-life wannabe actors, screenwriters, directors, and producers, none of whom are exactly 'A-List,' I thought this movie was an accurate portrayal of the twists and turns that the life of a project and one's personal life take while... Full review

The info button described MISTRESS as thus " An earnest screenwriter sees his dream mangled in the Hollywood movie machine . Robert DeNiro is a crass moneyman demanding a role for his talentless mistress " Great I thought , this... Full review

could be better, could also be worse.. nothing to see if you´re not a fan of Robert de Niro or Martin Landau. I don´t really think Robert Wuhl is such a great actor. He dissapears during the scenes with de... Full review

This is one of those movies that I fervently hope gets rediscovered one day. The performances are top notch, especially Landau as the extremely obseqious producer and Ralph as DeNiro's actress girlfriend. What makes this movie so great is that... Full review

MISTRESS (1992) *** Robert Wuhl, Robert De Niro, Martin Landau, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Danny Aiello, Eli Wallach, Jean Smart, Ernest Brognine (cameo). Bitingly funny satire about a struggling filmmaker wanting to make his dream script facing obstacles by each financial... Full review

"Mistress", a misnomer, tells of a bunch of Hollywood hacks slogging through the process of networking, schmoozing, compromising, and sucking up required to launch a film project. A messy flick with little to offer considering the talent behind it, "Mistress"... Full review

This movie is another over looked gem made awares recently to my consumerized multiplex movie taste. Robert DeNiro acted in this movie for free (according to IFC Channel's little factoid footnotes). It has a low budget feel to it. I... Full review

A sadly underrated movie. Hollywood could not have loved it because of the cruelly true things it says about how movies are made, about how a writer's creative vision becomes corrupted and debauched on its way to the screen. That... Full review

Bob Wuhl, never acclaimed because he has little range, actually turns in an excellent performance as a screenwriter who pulls out all the stops to get his script filmed. Martin Landau is his producer, and the money men they find,... Full review

A sophisticated dark Hollywood comedy, IMHO superior to THE PLAYER. The cast is a powerhouse, but Martin Landau is outstanding, as is the black girl who plays Beverly, DeNiro's mistress. I've seen it three times and laughed harder each time.... Full review

Mistress" is rated R for profanity and vulgarity, with some sexual content (implied, not shown).....an equally desperate producer (Martin Landau) about an old, nearly forgotten screenplay he once wrote.... ... Full Review

to smart and shrewd (De Niro), but each one is interested in the project only because it might help keep his mistress happy Mistress " has a good ear for how these people talk while they're having their lunches and their meetings, and it sees the desperation that's right under the surface. ... Full Review

There are no "players" in the "Mistress," nobody does lunch at Spago, nobody clinches a deal by car phone.No, the latest Hollywood confidential is about the low rollers, the has-beens and not-quites who nourish their grand delusions at Denny's. ... Full Article

There's a certain pleasure in watching actors perform in something near and dear to them.The enthusiasm comes through loud and clear.But so does the question of self-indulgence or, in the case of "Mistress," of talking shop. ... Full Article

Successful character actor Barry Primus spent seven years trying to get financing for his feature debut as a writer-director, Mistress. In the film, a once-promising writer-director, Marvin Landisman (Robert Wuhl), who now directs instructional videos, is sitting home one night,... ... Full Article

Marvin Landisman (Wuhl) was once a "promising," young writer/director. Now, he's a fortyish, L.A. hack who directs instructional cooking videos for a living. His wife (Metcalf) is back in New York trying to reassemble their lives by opening a restaurant... ... Full Article