Starstruck (1998 film)

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Starstruck
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Theatrical poster
Directed byJohn Enbom
Written byJohn Enbom
Produced by Beau Flynn
Jonathan King
Stefan Simchowitz
Starring Jamie Kennedy
Loren Dean
Bridgette Wilson
Carmen Electra
Amy Smart
Edited byJ. Kathleen Gibson
Music by Christophe Beck
Production
companies
Persistent Entertainment
Bandeira Entertainment
In D 500
Release date
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Starstruck is a 1998 American comedy drama film written and directed by John Embom and starring Jamie Kennedy and Loren Dean.

Contents

Premise

A temp/aspiring screenwriter in Los Angeles befriends a washed up, former teen idol and develops an unhealthy relationship with him.

Cast

Reception

From Nathan Rabin at The A.V. Club :

Starstruck, filmed under the significantly less Blockbuster-friendly title Starfucker, serves as a sadly typical example of the genre, taking on such familiar targets as greedy agents, starlet bimbos, and drug-addled actors with all the freshness of an episode of Three's Company ... Perhaps part of the reason films like Starstruck keep getting made is because they flatter their audience, enabling anyone who has picked up a copy of Movieline within the past few years or caught an episode of Action to feel like a bona fide Hollywood insider. But even if Starstruck weren't dealing in such fruitless, tired subject matter, it wouldn't work. Its leads are smug, obnoxious, slap-worthy cretins, and with the possible exception of a wry Clarence Williams III as Kennedy's incompetent lawyer, no one seems to have any idea what to do with the material. [1]

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References

  1. Rabin, Nathan (March 29, 2002). "Starstruck". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 14, 2011.