SummaryBobby Bowfinger, a nearly bankrupt aspiring movie producer-director, is about to take one last shot at fame and fortune. Desperate to hit the big time, the hapless dreamer recruits a motley crew of aspiring misfits, including an eager nerd, an ambitious ingenue and an overthe-hill diva. With their help, Bowfinger embarks on a radical, ingenious s... Read More
Directed By:Frank Oz
Written By:Steve Martin
Bowfinger
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Generally Favorable
73
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
73
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100
Disciplined script -- bitingly funny.
91
One terrific comedy that doesn't let up for an instant... a total hoot.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
71% Positive
47 Ratings
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23% Mixed
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Mar 9, 2019
10
This is the most epic film since the Rocky films, You gotta see it, it's EPIC!
Jul 14, 2014
10
Bowfinger is a hilarious comedy with Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. The movie is a satire of the movie industry and is a very underrated comedy. Martin and Murphy are brilliant together, they should make more comedies together, A+.
88
One of those comedies where everything works.
75
One of the reasons the move is so funny is that it is only a few degrees away from real life.
75
Priceless enough to flush "Metro," "Dr. Dolittle" and "Holy Man" from memory.
60
Enjoyable but thin.
40
Mechanical plot that seems dull even before it laboriously clanks and screeches into motion.
May 25, 2016
8
May just be Eddie Murphy's last film he'll ever shine in comedy. Bowfinger is a remembrance of all his greatest films being the last in the list. Watch if you must.
Jan 17, 2013
8
A marvelous comedy. It was sooo funny just edgy and fun right up to a point it was really good. One of Steve Martins Best movies along with L. A. story.
Aug 16, 2011
8
A near-perfect comedy that could only bit a little funnier but still contains some of the funniest moments in comedy films. Great idea, cast, script and execution. Frank Oz has made some really special movies. Bowfinger is one of his best.
Sep 4, 2024
6
Much funnier than I suspected, considering the family-friendly comedy hell both Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin's careers were roasting in at the time. Martin is unusually bouncy and jubilant as a con-man film producer, his enthusiasm likely due to his behind-the-camera credit as screenwriter, while Murphy yet again plays a double role. He's just passable as the action movie superstar at the story's center, but relentlessly funny in a supporting slot as the actor's geeky, socially inept identical brother. There isn't much of an arc to the plot - everything goes off without a hitch from, basically, the word go - but it's not trying to be Macbeth or anything. A simple, unassuming excuse to let two comedy legends play around on the screen, it's perfectly entertaining fluff.
Oct 12, 2013
3
At some point Eddie Murphy decided that playing just one role in a movie wasn't enough for him and not once has his multiple performances ever lead to an even remotely funny film. Add into the mix Steve Martin, who's last decent film was probably Father of the Bride (1991), and you are left with a 97 minute movie that has arguably two or three funny moments throughout its entire running time. The fact that is has garnered mostly positive reviews still baffles me.
