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Name: Simone
Released: 2001-2-1
Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr, Pruitt Taylor Vince

Simone

PG-13
1h 57m
2001

50%

age 13+

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In Hollywood, the land of illusion, never have those words rung so true... until S1MØNE. Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) is a down-and-out Academy Award-nominated director who loses his last chance for a comeback when temperamental actress (Winona Ryder in a cameo role) walks off his set. But now computer genius Hank Aleno (Elias Koteas) shows-up. S1MØNE is a director's dream: She won't get old, won't gain an ounce. She'll never need rehab, doesn't have an agent, manager, entourage or guru. She won't demand a bigger trailer or a private jet. She does her own stunts. She has no problem with nudity. The only power she craves comes from an electrical outlet. What could possibly go wrong?

Director:

Andrew Niccol

Producer:

Andrew Niccol, Lynn Harris, Michael De Luca, Bradley Cramp

Writer:

Andrew Niccol

Cast:

Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Elias Koteas, Jason Schwartzman

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

50%

Critics Consensus: The satire in S1m0ne lacks bite, and the plot isn't believable enough to feel relevant.

Reviews

World Socialist Web Site

David Walsh

Simone has virtually no satiric edge. Given the present degraded state of the film industry, its subject matter, this is nearly a provocation.

February 16, 2021

FULL REVIEW

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Kathi Maio

Unfortunately, the moviemaker seems to have lost himself among the countless counterfeits of Hollywood.

It goes on a little long, but isn't terrible.

Fails on all points of plot, characterization, plausibility and realism...

Entertaining and provocative enough.

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 13+

Common Sense Says

It goes on a little long, but isn't terrible.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that the theme of this movie is lying, and while Viktor suffers for his lies, he pretty much gets away with them. Characters drink and smoke. And the movie has the Parent Trap problem of reuniting divorced parents, which may be a difficult subject for some families.