tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post2636425022851865522..comments2024-01-08T22:23:18.482-08:00Comments on The Flick Chick: Canadian Film Review: Childstar (2004)Norma Desmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-36791452890817782352010-04-19T14:41:12.374-07:002010-04-19T14:41:12.374-07:00I would have to agree that many of the supporting ...I would have to agree that many of the supporting characters are litte more than caricatures, though I think they're played well.Norma Desmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185179321818700556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7638298281070675587.post-5248125540218346732010-04-16T16:21:16.858-07:002010-04-16T16:21:16.858-07:00After I had read your review, I think that I shoul...After I had read your review, I think that I should watch this film a second time, because I was a bit harsh towards this film when I reviewed it. Anyway, back then, I thought that the film hit the nail right on the head in its depiction of Hollywood. However, I thought that the characters were somehow caricatures. For instance, I'd liked to see an exploration of this need from Hollywood execs to make dumb films and even outstanding ones just to balance the books. Nonetheless, these caricatures well portrayed by the cast, especially by Gil Bellows, Mark Rendall, Don McKellar and Dave Foley.<br /><br />"Directed by McKellar, the film finds just the right tone. It acknowledges the more glamorous aspects of stardom – big houses, money to burn, people willing to see to your every whim – but also examines how damaging these things can be both to the person not yet mature enough to handle them and to the people who ought to know better, but allow themselves to become corrupted by it."<br /><br />Couldn't agree more with that. Despite its flaws, I'd recommend <i>Childstar</i>, since it made me laugh.Anh Khoi Dohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018387547508527604noreply@blogger.com