Cecil B Demented (DVD) Reviews

I'm sure there was a time when 'cult' meant something other than 'slightly sideways of centre' or 'low budget/mass appeal'...maybe it simply meant 'stinkingly bad', who's to say? Anyway, awash with 'cult' propaganda and advertising at the local video shop, my mind wandered most warmly (probably with ...  Read the complete review

This film can be concisely summed up using the words of the guy who was sitting behind me. The screen faded to black, a manic rock track kicked in and the credits came up, and from behind me came a voice saying "what the hell was that all about? I mean, ultimately, what was it about?". It isn't, really. About anything I ...  Read the complete review

There are a lot of things you could call Cecil B. Demented, John Waters' latest art-house ornament about a obsessed independent filmmaker who goes by the nom de poseur of Cecil B. Demented - movie joke, get it? With the same level of comedic class, Waters could also have titled it Eric von Strokehead, Otto Derringer, Orson Ills, on and on with ...  Read the complete review

Starring the linkes of Starring Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Ricki Lake, Patricia Hearst and Mink Stole. Written , not to mention the fact this is directed by John Waters, this film has the credientials to be a very good project indeed. However, any hope about this film should certainly end here! This film follows a group of cinema ...  Read the complete review

Tonight I went to see Cecil b. Demented, probably not a well-known film to you all, but entered into the one of the 2000 Cannes film festival’s competitions. As I had no idea what to expect what I watched was a funny, not to be taken too seriously satire that I personally thought was a good (but not great) film. The thing I liked about it ...  Read the complete review

The Pope of Trash continues his increasingly light-hearted dig at American culture with this slender but enjoyable effort. Baltimore’s finest appears to have been spending a lot of time with London’s low-budget film collectives – the film terrorists here closely resemble people I’ve met at film events over the years. In ...  Read the complete review