Fame Whore (1997) User Reviews

weird and wonderful

[sjogro · 7/10 · 17 April 2000]

i watched this at a festival and really enjoyed it. it's so awkward; the movie is divided in three stories of three totally different people with one thing in common: the will to be the best in what they do.

one story is about a nerdy guy who works in a pet shop and has hallucinations of a big dog called mr. peepers who shits on his desk, the other stories are about a tennis-player with a very big ego and a business woman (sophie) who thinks she's some kind of god. her company slogan is something similar to "it's all about sophie". along the movie you watch all three 'fame whores' go down.

weird but entertaining. go see if you can, i believe it's rather hard to find.

Skanky WHORE

[NJMoon · 1/10 · 3 June 2007]

Three stories about repulsive characters filmed in claustrophobic settings, badly synced sound (at times I thought this was a foreign film) and directed without style or wit. Imagine a room full of dog excrement (no kidding), a monotone actress seemingly channeling Lily Tomlin (no kidding) and an over-sexed tennis pro who constantly refers to himself by his full name (Jody George? No kidding!). There's something to offend almost everyone here - primarily bad film-making. And do we really need another film about homosexual panic that leads to suicide? Rent yourself a real whore instead of this film - it would be time and money better spent.

Hilarious satire

[nosferatusblood1922 · 8/10 · 18 July 2007]

Ah, the perils and pinnacles of fame, so deserving of ridicule...

Moritsugu's Fame Whore details three intersecting stories about the lives of those who strive to be the best in their respective perspectives, which sometimes equates to having hallucinations of a giant talking dog named Mr. Peepers, deluding oneself with mirages of celebritydom, even guilt-ridden homoerotic desires... All of which mesh together quite nicely in this minimalist indie flick.

There's really not much more to say, as the characters have been covered briefly in the plot synopsis and other reviews here; though, i'd like to put in a fair word for Peter Friedrich for his role as Jody George! Jody's violent-meathead-stereotypically-arrogant-jock role as a budding tennis superstar caused many outbursts of ill-controlled cachinnation for this viewer. With such classic lines as "Jody George is gonna f**k that pu**y!", or becoming confused over his ranking in the tennis world while dealing with obnoxious media hooligans... "yeah well, i'm number 2! i mean number 1! F.U.!". Who can resist laughing at such oafish buffoonery?!?

So, if you're looking for an amusing indictment on the superficiality of fame & celebrity, then give this a look.