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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    Chicago Tribune | Michael Wilmington

    Frederick is the key to the movie and she's definitely an impressive new talent, someone who can really hold the screen and who delivers something striking or memorable in every scene. Read full review

  • 70
    Village Voice |

    The movie buzzes with the quirky rhythms of Jaglom's patented improvisational shooting style, and those of Frederick herself, whose go-for-broke zaniness recalls that of a former Jaglom ingenue, Karen Black. Read full review

  • 67
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Jaglom's scruffy style doesn't carry it through. He puts enough toxic insincerity on screen to singe, though. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    Knowing but never jaded, Hollywood Dreams is driven by Ms. Frederick's no-boundaries commitment to her broken character, a performance that's as startling as it is touching. In Mr. Jaglom's maverick hands, the appeal of illusion over reality is both fatal and irresistible. Read full review

  • 58
    The Onion A.V. Club | Tasha Robinson

    It's unclear whether Frederick's an awful actress or a tremendous one pretending to be awful, but either way, it's hard to pity her nasal, pushy, babyish Iowa girl. Read full review

  • 50
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Does a number of sly things. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times |

    It's a very mixed bag. When it's good, Hollywood Dreams is corrosively funny and unexpectedly poignant. And when it's bad, it's over-the-top bad. Read full review

  • 50
    Variety |

    Though it boasts slightly more narrative structure than his other work, Jaglom's script still serves as a catalyst for wild improvisation, suggesting the inside-jokey result was more fun to make than to watch. Read full review

  • 38
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    It's not unusual for a Henry Jaglom film to fall into a black hole of narcissism, but he has outdone himself with his latest, a satire on Hollywood's unshakable self-absorption. Read full review

  • 38
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    Meant to be an insider's tale, but it feels like it comes from the cinema of hangers-on. Read full review

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