Nick Reve (Steve Buscemi) is the director of a low budget film. Nicole Springer (Catherine Keener) is his star. Wolf (Dermot Mulroney) is the artistic cinematographer. Wanda (Danielle von Zerneck) is the production assistant. The shoot keep getting interrupted and Reve blows up but it's all a dream. Reve directs another sequence but it turns out to be Nicole's dream. Then the filming continues on a dream sequence with angry Tito (Peter Dinklage) as a dwarf.
It's a perfectly fine as a behind the scenes indie but the two dream reveals just annoyed me. The movie is not particularly dramatic or funny. The first dream reveal deflated my expectations but the second one was the real killer. By the time the third section comes along, I didn't care about anybody or anything in the film. I do understand Tom DiCillo is trying to portray but one dream reveal is more than enough to get the point across.
It's a perfectly fine as a behind the scenes indie but the two dream reveals just annoyed me. The movie is not particularly dramatic or funny. The first dream reveal deflated my expectations but the second one was the real killer. By the time the third section comes along, I didn't care about anybody or anything in the film. I do understand Tom DiCillo is trying to portray but one dream reveal is more than enough to get the point across.