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starring: Matthew Modine, Saul Rubinek, Alan Bates, Joe Cobden, Deborah Kara Ungerdirected by: Peter O'Brian
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0687797104335
Format: Color, NTSC
Label: First Look Pictures
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: First Look Pictures
Release Date: January 06, 2004
Running Time: 88 minutes
Sales Rank: 95587
Studio: First Look Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 2004
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - SLY SATIRE
HOLLYWOOD NORTH looked hilarious on the trailer I saw; the whole movie however is not what I expected. It's humor lies in the satirical look at how Hollywood can mess up a movie. Matthew Modine plays quite well the producer, Bobby, who gets the rights to a huge Canadian bestseller called "Lantern Moon." However, he is told by the investors and his executive producer (Alan Thicke) that they want a Hollywood star in the lead. This leads Modine to sign the egocentric, near lunatic Michael Baytes ... Read More
Rating:  - Quite a worthy and entertaining film
I disagree with the previous reviewer of this film. I would concede that Hollywood North is certainly a little jumbled in places, and certainly could have been simplified (ie. elements such as a documentary film of the making of a film which itself is the focus of the story). One element alone justifies the rating I have given it - the performance of Alan Bates as the ageing, rancorous, bigoted, paranoid, coke-snorting Hollywood star Michael Baytes. It is a brilliant portrayal, despite the limitations ... Read More
Rating:  - Not Canada At Its Best
Although I much admire Canadian humor and look forward to Canadian movies, I found this one a great disappointment. It promised to be a fine satire on both Canadian film aspirations and the absurdities of American pop culture. Instead it became an anti-American jumble of meaningless ideas.
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