: Simone
Interesting premise, competently executed, but ultimately trivial. It’s about a movie director who’s tired of his film career being sabatoged by prima donna movie stars so he replaces the lead in his upcoming film with a computer simulated actress. The public doesn’t notice the deception and falls in the love with the unknown actress, turning her overnight into a celebrity and the film into a hit. Suddenly the director’s huge, but his star is bigger, only now he’s worried about the backlash so he can’t tell anyone she’s not real. He does another film with her, then has her do interviews (via satellite, or course, not in person). Finally she gets so big (overshadowing himself) he pulls the plug, only to be arrested for her murder! Fun flick with decent performances, but there’s nothing earthshattering here. You won’t learn anything you didn’t know going in.
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