Wonderful Movie

Great Film overall

Best movie ever!

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Giving this movie 10 stars to help even out its unacceptably low average of 6.4.I like the setups, the scripts continual jabs at Hollywood, movie- making, and actors. Steve Martin, Christine Baranski, and Heather Graham all do good work here.However... Eddie Murphy absoposilutely steals EVERY scene he is in, both as paranoid egomaniac star Kit Ramsey AND as the endearingly gullible and innocent Jiff. Steve Martin's story is the necessary plot bones that enable Murphy's comic star turns throughout this movie. As I rewatch again on my DVR, his scenes are the ones I return to over and over for continual laughs.

One of Steve Martin's best movies, and one of Eddie Murphy's best too. This has several laugh out loud moments.Plot In A Paragraph: Hollywood, today: Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) a down on his luck actor-producer-director, has a script which a friend has written. Completely convinced of its quality, he decides to take a last shot at fame and fortune. A famous producer(Robert Downey Jr) promises him to do it, but there is one condition: Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) Hollywood's number one star, has to be in it. So, Bobby tries his luck with Kit, who rejects him, so he then decides to shoot the film himself. Featuring an aspiring beauty from Ohio (Heather Graham) and Kit Ramsey - who does not even know he's being filmed.

One of the best mainstream comedies I've ever seen, this also seemed one of the smartest, and that generally is an oxymoron.Essentially a movie-within-a-movie being made by an unflappable character, the earnestness of everyone involved (pitch-perfect acting to assure the audience that they're not 'IN' on the joke) allows us to buy into the premise, always a hard thing, and then reels us in; hook line and sinker.Curious as to why it did not translate to better/heavier movies for it's pedigreed cast (Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Eddie Murphy, Heather Graham and Terence Stamp), who went back to slumming in insipid commercial fare after this (other than Stamp, of course, who's been alternating good fare with bad regularly).Could watch this over and over, and introduce this to folks who've unfortunately been forced to put up with the dredge that both Martin and Murphy are otherwise now known for, and it's not like Heather Graham has set either her fan world, or the critics or the box office on fire since, and it's definitely not for a lack of talent, since that's one commodity the ensemble has in abundance.Here's to hoping someone watching this decides to do it better, perhaps with the same ensemble, or with newer faces/characters...however it works.

I found this movie so enjoyable. Today the comedies are lacking story lines and actual funny content! This made me laugh from the middle of my gut instead of a forced laugh which most comedies these days make me do. I am a young film maker and the accidents and mistakes that are continuous though out the film, I can totally relate to because I am bound to do the same. Overall the film has a good pace and the script is not too cringe worthy. This is possible the first film were I am actually impressed by Eddie Murphy's performance. This can also be said for Steve Martin. This means it is a must watch for many one who loves to laugh.