Forget planning that touristy Hollywood studio tour - watch this instead. This gives you a real immersive experience - you're there in the fifties, you're not just in Hollywood, you're there making movies!
The plot itself is a bit thin and the humour isn't as strong as you might expect but that's not too important. What Mr and Mr Cohen give you is an insight into the dream fact filled with wonderfully eccentric but utterly believable and likeable characters. Characters you want to get to know and indeed that's exactly what you get. It's a warm and very satisfying way to spend a couple of hours.
Fortunately the Eddie Mannix in this picture is not really based on the real-life Eddie Mannix. If he were, this would not be a fun film because in real life, he was a nasty piece of work. MGM's real fixer began his career by beating up his girlfriend, gorgeous silent movie star Mary Nolan so much so her permanently disfigured which ended her acting career and ultimately her life. He ended his career by being involved with the murder of the 1950s Superman. No, fortunately this is a nice Eddie.
One down side of this is that after watching it you'll never be able to watch any of those awful cheesy 1950 'epics' (usually with Victor Mature) like THE ROBE and take them seriously - no great loss.
The plot itself is a bit thin and the humour isn't as strong as you might expect but that's not too important. What Mr and Mr Cohen give you is an insight into the dream fact filled with wonderfully eccentric but utterly believable and likeable characters. Characters you want to get to know and indeed that's exactly what you get. It's a warm and very satisfying way to spend a couple of hours.
Fortunately the Eddie Mannix in this picture is not really based on the real-life Eddie Mannix. If he were, this would not be a fun film because in real life, he was a nasty piece of work. MGM's real fixer began his career by beating up his girlfriend, gorgeous silent movie star Mary Nolan so much so her permanently disfigured which ended her acting career and ultimately her life. He ended his career by being involved with the murder of the 1950s Superman. No, fortunately this is a nice Eddie.
One down side of this is that after watching it you'll never be able to watch any of those awful cheesy 1950 'epics' (usually with Victor Mature) like THE ROBE and take them seriously - no great loss.