Lisa Picard Is Famous

2000 Comedy Drama

Actor-turned-filmmaker Griffin Dunne directs this mockumentary about the lives of struggling thespians. The film focuses on Lisa Picard (Laura Kirk), a fledgling actress about to burst on the scene thanks to a bit part in a made-for-TV movie. She is followed around by Dunne as she makes her publicity rounds with her friend Tate Kelley (Nat DeWolf), a writer/actor/militant gay activist. Famous is populated with several direct-to-camera interviews featuring the likes of Penelope Ann Miller, Charles Sheen, and Mira Sorvino. This film was screened at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Griffin Dunne

Starring: Laura Kirk, Nat DeWolf,Griffin Dunne, Daniel London,Sandra Bullock

 24 Reviews

Reviews

  • It's not every comedy that can make you laugh with ridicule and cringe in empathetic horror at the same time.

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    19 January 2013

  • This hilarious fake documentary -- deserves a place beside the comedies of Christopher Guest in the hall of fame of semi-deadpan spoofs.

    Stephen Holden - The New York Times

    19 January 2013

  • As heartfelt as it is hilarious.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    19 January 2013

  • It turns into something that is much smarter, and in a gentle, low-key way, tougher and funnier than you expect.

    Jonathan Foreman - New York Post

    19 January 2013

  • Often hilarious mockumentary.

    - The San Francisco Chronicle

    19 January 2013

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