What Just Happened? (2008)

Fri May 15, 2009 9:52 pm

Harried film producer Ben (Robert De Niro) juggles a lunatic director, a temperamental actor (Bruce Willis) and an out-of-control production while courting a studio head (Catherine Keener) and dealing with his ex-wife (Robin Wright Penn) in Barry Levinson's funny and poignant exploration of the movie business. The all-star comedy is based on the sharply observed novel by veteran Hollywood producer Art Linson.

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I don't think the title for this movie fit very well, a better title would have been "How did they not see that comming?".
Just about everything that happens in this movie after the first 20 minutes or so is pretty predictable, with the exception of what Bruce Willis is going to do at the end.

I think this is one of those movies that movie people make to entertain themselves without care whether they make money or not.

I think the best part of the movie was watching Bruce Willis act like a complete asshole of an actor who craps on everyone and refuses to shave his Grissley Adams beard. It's not a character I've ever seen Willis play and it was pretty funny right down to the end.