The Player

During Robert Altman's "The Player" the criteria for a good Hollywood movie are established by the lead character: "Suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex, and happy endings, mainly happy endings". If you look close enough you'll find all of... Read more at imdb.com

Robert Altman performed a great service to us movie fans with this movie. We are able to see the brutish way the studios treat their writers....and don't find it difficult to believe that some writer would want to murder the... Read more at imdb.com

What I mean by my tagline is that you will get the most out of this film if you've watched a lot of old classic and understand how the Hollywood system works. If you're more or less a casual film... Read more at imdb.com

"Players only love you when they're playing." --Stevie NicksGriffin Mill, whose name has a kind of ersatz Hollywood feel to it (cf., D. W. Griffith/Cecil B. De Mille), is not a player with hearts so much as a player with... Read more at imdb.com

Once The Player's end credits rolled, I was shaken, but in the kind of way that you are when you hear a really sly, long joke by someone who knows what they're telling is not hysterical but still has a... Read more at imdb.com

Screen writing is a craft, one of many in Hollywood that builds or supports the towering edifice upon which our glamorous "stars" ... sit. Without a screenplay, actors, directors, and others in Hollywood might otherwise grovel for beans and potatoes... Read more at imdb.com

Robert Altman gets under my skin. His films are worthy of great respect, yet they are frequently as irritating as they are brilliant. The Player is, as much as Short Cuts, a quintessential Altman film. It is also one of... Read more at imdb.com

Griffin Mill is a young hotshot producer who everyone bows and scrapes to because he has the powers to get a movie made. However he starts getting bugged by a dissatisfied writer which leads to all kinds of deadly intrigue.Just... Read more at imdb.com

I just went back and watched this again after many years and still find it one of the best movies ever made about movies. This "movie within a movie" has it all. Suspense, drama, comedy, great and numerous cameos, and... Read more at imdb.com

Come next year, when I am trying to devise a list of the best films of the 90's, Robert Altman's "The Player" will be near the top of my list. This film skillfully creates a central plot around Griffin Mill... Read more at imdb.com

The comeback that revitalized a decade-long career slumber, Robert Altmans 1992 The Player felt like a feel-good poisoned dart aimed squarely at Hollywood when it first came out, hitting every target squarely and cheerfully. From here begins Altmans rejuvenated 1990sand it has aged remarkably well. ... Full Review

The Player' isn't as devastatingly incisive as it perhaps was The Player' is a film that could have gone badly wrong. This is clearly the work of someone who both loves and loathes Hollywood, and knows how scary and funny the place can be. ... Full Review

THE PLAYER really is a great movie. New Lines DVD edition of THE PLAYER gives collectors a lot of great extras for a bargain price of $25.00. ... Full Review

What makes The Player the best and boldest American comedy in years is Altman's wizardry at leavening anger with cathartic wit. In The Player , the joke comes from people with the wit to laugh at themselves but without the moral fiber to change. ... Full Review

Synopsis The Player still seems fresh after eight years shows this is a film that will hold up as long as Hollywood continues its usual practices. More movie fans should appreciate Altman as well in The Player he allows you to enjoy the experience without insulting your intelligence. ... Full Review

A wonderful satire on Hollywood, The Player is one of Robert Altman's most enjoyable films. This tantalising thriller coated with Hollywood sugar, gives an insider's guide to the movie business, the acting scene and the action behind the scenes. Besides, ... Full Article

Tim Robbins ( Cadillac Man , Tapeheads ) plays hotshot Hollywood studio exec Griffin Mill, who believes that he may soon be on the outs with the studio now that they've hired another up-and-comer in Larry Levy (Gallagher, Sex Lies... ... Full Article