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Movie Overview
Cast
• Albert Brooks
• Sharon Stone
• Andie MacDowell
Director
• Albert Brooks
MPAA Rating
R
The Muse (1999)

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OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten
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"Like the character he plays here, Albert Brooks needed someone or something to re-inspire him while working on this plodding comedy."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

4/5
"Any Albert Brooks fan will enjoy his latest."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

D
"I thought Brooks mailed this script in."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

2/4
"The clear potential that The Muse possesses only makes the final product even more of a disappointment."  DustinPutman.com  Dustin Putman

"Squeezes out plenty of laughs at the expense of the Hollywood film community."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

2.5/4
"The screenplay, despite containing a number of droll one-liners and a pair of deliciously funny scenes, possesses a turgid, directionless feel."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

6/10
"The lead performances of Brooks, MacDowell, and Stone are critical to the story’s success, and ultimately fall flat."  Palo Alto Weekly  Jeanne Aufmuth

"This intelligent if not entirely satisfactory film should please Brooks' hardcore fans, but should have a harder time entertaining the average moviegoer."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

7/10
"A spectacular performance from Sharon Stone."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

"It all feels too inside to really bite."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

2.5/4
"Appropriately enough, it seems that Brooks and Johnson needed a muse of their own to really make this film work."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

4/5
"Brooks' gentle satire of Hollywood."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

2/10
"One of the more obnoxious movies of the past 200 years."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

6/10
Read review  Film Freak Central  Bill Chambers

3/4
Read review  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

2.5/4
Read review  Big Picture Big Sound  Joe Lozito

low +1 out of -4..+4
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Mark R. Leeper

3/5
Read review  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

8/10
Read review  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

7/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Susan Granger

8/10
Read review  Wolf Entertainment Guide  William Wolf

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

Read review  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

Read review  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford
OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten
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