MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 244 this week

Hollywood Ending (2002)

 -  Comedy | Romance  -  3 May 2002 (USA)
6.4
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.4/10 from 15,323 users   Metascore: 46/100
Reviews: 141 user | 104 critic | 37 from Metacritic.com

A director is forced to work with his ex-wife, who left him for the boss of the studio bankrolling his new film. But the night before the first day of shooting, he develops a case of psychosomatic blindness.

Director:

Writer:

Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 10000 titles created 2 months ago
 
a list of 3627 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 246 titles created 12 Feb 2012
 
a list of 2696 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 780 titles created 19 Jun 2011
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Hollywood Ending (2002)

Hollywood Ending (2002) on IMDb 6.4/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Hollywood Ending.

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Anything Else (2003)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

A contemporary romantic comedy set in New York city about the relationship between an older guy and his younger protege. The older guy guides the younger through a messy and hilarious love story.

Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Danny DeVito
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

Attempting to impress his ideologies on religion, relationships, and the randomness (and worthlessness) of existence, lifelong New York resident Boris Yellnikoff rants to anyone who will ... See full summary »

Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Larry David, Adam Brooks, Evan Rachel Wood
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

Follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Hopkins) and Helena (Jones), and their daughter Sally (Watts) and husband Roy (Brolin), as their passions, ambitions, and anxieties lead them into ... See full summary »

Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Gemma Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts
Comedy | Fantasy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

A wacky inventor and his wife invite two other couples for a weekend party at a romantic summer house in the 1900s countryside.

Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, José Ferrer
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.

Director: Jay Roach
Stars: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo
Notting Hill (1999)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

The life of a simple bookshop owner changes when he meets the most famous film star in the world.

Director: Roger Michell
Stars: Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Richard McCabe
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

A neurotic film critic tries to get over his wife leaving him by dating again, much by the help of a married couple and his alter ego, Humphrey Bogart.

Director: Herbert Ross
Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from highschool, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Stars: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.

Director: Judd Apatow
Stars: Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
Yes Man (2008)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X  

A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year.

Director: Peyton Reed
Stars: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X  

All hell breaks loose when the Byrnes family meets the Focker family for the first time.

Director: Jay Roach
Stars: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
Bob Dorian ...
Galaxie Executive
...
Galaxie Executive
Gregg Edelman ...
Galaxie Executive
...
Ed
...
Hal
...
Val
...
...
Commercial A.D.
...
Al
...
Barbeque Guest
Stephanie Roth Haberle ...
Barbeque Guest
Bill Gerber ...
Barbeque Guest
Roxanne Perry ...
Barbeque Guest
Barbara Carroll ...
Carlyle Pianist
Edit

Storyline

Val Waxman is a film director who was once big in the 1970's and 1980's, but has now has been reduced to directing TV commercials. Finally, he gets an offer to make a big film. But, disaster strikes, when Val goes temporarily blind, due to paranoia. So, he and a few friends, try to cover up his disability, without the studio executives or the producers knowing that he is directing the film blind. Written by <stuartkenny50@hotmail.com>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

It's Going to be a Shot in the Dark!

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some drug references and sexual material | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Official Sites:

Country:

Language:

|

Release Date:

3 May 2002 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

La mirada de los otros  »

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$92,283 (Brazil) (8 August 2003)

Gross:

$92,283 (Brazil) (8 August 2003)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

(Mono)| (Mono)| (Mono)

Color:

(Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite the fact that this was filmed in the standard spherical format, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits. See more »

Goofs

As Al and Chau enter the revolving doors, the reflection of a crew member holding a white reflecting board can be seen in the windows. See more »

Quotes

Val: Thank God the French exist.
See more »

Connections

References Guys and Dolls (1955) See more »

Soundtracks

"Hooray for Hollywood"
(1937)
Music by Richard A. Whiting (as Richard Whiting)
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Performed by Dick Powell, Frances Langford, Johnnie Davis (as Johnny "Scat" Davis),
Gene Krupa & Benny Goodman
Courtesy of Turner Records, Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Reviews

 
Why do you have to see this movie?
18 May 2007 | by (Israel) – See all my reviews

I am overwhelmed with the modern movies' aspiration to rely on new fashions. Thank God we have Woody Allen as a beacon of tradition and craftsmanship in the domain of movie-making. The movie is extremely funny and lacks all the nuisances which plague newer ones in order to make them more appealing to the main core audience nowadays: male teenagers. Woody Allen plays the role of an over-the-hill director which undertakes the mission of making a movie against the wishes of its producer.He receives a blow when he becomes blind right before the beginning of the shooting. The plot revolves around Allen's blindness, which is guarded as a secret by his agent, and the process of the filming with a blind director. I do not have to mention the many a hilarious moments this situation produces.


11 of 15 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Here`s what i have to say about this film roger-borjesson
How does this film reference Curse of the Jade Scorpion, as IMDb claims? Stuart Gardner
Debra Messing mashfan76
what is psychosomatic blindness? 1sttomars
Some great lines in this film.. puplover
product placement wortwut
Discuss Hollywood Ending (2002) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?