EdTV (1999)
A comedy about a video store clerk Ed (Matthew McConaughey) whose life is thrown into chaos when he agrees to let an executive of a televison studio (Ellen DeGeneres) film him for 24 hours. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ron Howard
Written By: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Émile Gaudreault, Sylvie Bouchard
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Clint Howard, Woody Harrelson, Martin Landau, Sally Kirkland, Rob Reiner, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Goldberg, Elizabeth Hurley, Rick Overton, Jenna Elfman, Ellen DeGeneres
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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EdTV belongs to 6 collections
1. Availability: Netflix Canada (public: moderated by geohawk - 5 stars)
2. Twin Films (public: moderated by amazedemon - 4 stars)
3. Character name in title (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 2 stars)
4. The AV Club: My Year of Flops (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 2 stars)
5. Television (public: moderated by djross - 1 star)
6. 1999: Year in Review (private: polanski28)
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| 2 | jonquill | 54 5% |
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That the Truman Show was made so well makes this look entirely pedestrian by comparison.
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gtown1479 | 61 23% |
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Nothing special, but in its defense this probably could have been a whole lot worse. It is what it is... a movie spoofing reality TV. Everything you think would happen does. The one thing I learn out of this is how to do a new version of the Chicken Dance. That this movie is over 2 hours is unacceptable. It does not need to be that long. I didn't laugh at all during it, but I also didn't fall asleep. Date made it through it without falling asleep which says something.
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ABUNCHOFCATS | 55 13% |
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Suffers from the fact it came out around the same time as Truman Show, and also from the fact that it's bad.
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jkathrens | 55 23% |
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An alright concept that might have worked better with someone else as the lead (ANYONE else).
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jimmynmu | 8 3% |
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There aren't very many reasons to watch Ed TV.
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Ytadel | 5 56% |
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Mildly similar to The Truman Show, but not nearly as good and with a more comedic sensibility. Watchable but certainly not a must-see or anything.
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Stain | 80 68% |
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This was perceived as a ripoff of _The Truman Show_ because it came out just a few months afterwards; actually, of course, this had been in production long before Weir's movie came out. This picture still isn't as good, but it's a funny, creative, and entertaining little statement on how the modern media creates a sort of SuperHeisenberg Effect. Like all Ron Howard movies, this is very white-bread, but I won't hold that against it *too* much
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Vandelay1 | 20 14% |
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bad movie
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nauru | 73 82% |
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I remember when I first saw the trailer for this in 1999 and thought a TV show about some guy's daily mundane life was a totally ridiculous premise for a film. Watching it for the first time 10 years later, it appears I was 100% wrong about that. What a strange society we live in.
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Piglet | 66 46% |
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Poignant tale of what reality tv does to us.
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| 1 | bishopml | 80 41% |
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An interesting movie, coming out just before reality tv shows became a big hit and is now standard on just about every tv station. Woody Harrelson as always an underrated actor plays a pivotal role in this movie as Ed's brother. The movie is hilarious, but at some points sad, and even further can be downright dull. I would see it again to catch parts I missed it is one of those films. By no means would I go spend money to own it.
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hellboy76 | 60 26% |
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Interesting premise hurt by its proximity to The Truman Show wouldn't stand on it's own regardless. Average at best.
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| Average Percentile 30.8% from 1684 Ratings |  |