Everybody's Famous!

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Everybody's Famous!
Everybody's Famous!.jpg
Directed by Dominique Deruddere
Written byDominique Deruddere
Produced byDominique Deruddere
Starring Josse De Pauw
Eva Van Der Gucht
Werner De Smedt
Thekla Reuten
Victor Löw
Edited by Ludo Troch
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date
  • 12 April 2000 (2000-04-12)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryBelgium
LanguagesFlemish, Spanish, English

Everybody's Famous! (Flemish : Iedereen beroemd!) is a 2000 Belgian satirical comedy film directed by Dominique Deruddere about a young teenage girl who is pushed by her poor parents to become a musical star. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards.

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Plot

Seventeen-year-old Marva Vereecken is a regular at singing contests which she never wins. When her father, Jean, gets laid off, he decides to kidnap the number one singer in the country, Debbie. The kidnapping greatly increases sales of Debbie's latest single, much to the pleasant surprise of Michael, Debbie's manager. Michael in turn proposes a secret deal to make Marva a star if Jean agrees to keep Debbie out of the way for as long as Michael wants.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Everybody's Famous has an approval rating of 55% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 53 reviews, and an average rating of 5.39/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Though some critics consider Everybody Famous too lightweight to have deserved a slot among the Academy Awards foreign film nominations, this whacky satire of the cult of celebrity makes for loopy, cheerful fun". [1] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [2]

Awards and nominations

GroupAwardWinner/NomineeWon
Academy Awards Best Foreign Language FilmNominated
Festróia – Tróia International Film Festival Best Screenplay Dominique Deruddere Won
Golden DolphinNominated
Joseph Plateau Awards Best Belgian Actor Josse De Pauw Won
Best Belgian Actress Eva Van Der Gucht Nominated
Best Belgian Director Dominique Deruddere
Best Belgian Film
Ljubljana International Film Festival Audience Award Dominique Deruddere Won

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References

  1. "Everybody's Famous!". Rotten Tomatoes .
  2. "Everybody's Famous!". Metacritic .
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