S1m0ne (2002)

Note Générale:

6,2/10   

Réalisateur:

Andrew Niccol

Scénariste (WGA):

Andrew Niccol (written by)

Date de sortie:

23 août 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Fantasy | Science-Fiction

Accroche:

A star is... created.

Intrigue:

A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.

Plot Keywords:

Actress | Fraud | False Accusation | Indestructibility | Hotel

Récompenses:

1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Darn funny

Ensemble

Al Pacino	...	Viktor Taransky
Benjamin Salisbury	...	Production Assistant
Winona Ryder	...	Nicola Anders
Darnell Williams	...	Studio Executive #1
Jim Rash	...	Studio Executive #2
Ron Perkins	...	Studio Executive #3
Jay Mohr	...	Hal Sinclair
Catherine Keener	...	Elaine Christian
Evan Rachel Wood	...	Lainey Christian Taransky
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Kent
Jeff Williams	...	Man in Suit
Rachel Roberts	...	Simone (as Simone)
Mitzi Martin	...	Premiere Audience Member
Carole Androsky	...	Premiere Audience Member (as Carol Androsky)
Christopher Neiman	...	Premiere Audience Member

Autre(s) titre(s):

Simone (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sensuality.

Durée:

117 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Classification:

Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Lieux de tournage:

City Hall - 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA

Société:

New Line Cinema

Anecdotes:

The name "Nicola Anders" (Winona Ryder), is an obvious reference to writer/director Andrew Niccol.

Goofs:

Continuité: After Elaine and Lainey find the computer and the virus, they restore it. However, Viktor threw the hard disk away.

Guillemet:

Simone: I just think all elementary schools should have a firing range. How else will the children learn to defend themselves?

Connexions:

Références 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Bande son:

Adagio for Strings

Darn funny

Very good satire on the cult of celebrity, in which the whole world falls all over itself in praise of a non-existent actress. The movie also deals, to a much lesser extent, with the conflict between wanting to create a perfect artistic vision and wanting to create art that is in the world. It's not the most pointed or savage of satires, but it is quite a funny one. Some people here have criticized it for being predictable, which really misses the point of satire. Satire is based to a great extent on the frightening predictability of people, and it must follow a logical train of escalating events or what's the point. The biggest failing in the movie is near the end where it jumps track from a logical train of events to a dumb plot device, which while not a fatal error is lazy and takes away from the overall effect of the film.

But mainly it's just funny. Consistently so from beginning to end. And also notable as about the only good performance I've seen from Winona Ryder since Mermaids.