On 2007-06-26 Richard Bellush, Jr., Brookside, NJ United States wrote: Both clever and silly, this witty, well-written, well-acted little comedy deserved more confidence than the marketers seem to have had in it. Despite a series of film festival awards in 2001, it largely disappeared from view until quietly released on DVD in 2004.
This is hardly the first film to take a poke at its own industry and it surely won´t be the last - Something to Sing About from 1937 with James Cagney, or the superb and darkly humorous The Player from 1992 with Tim Robbins are just two examples, though Chump Change makes no pretense of being anything so upscale as either. It is a very small movie made on a limited budget. However, Stephen Burrows, who also wrote and directed, enjoyably portrays an actor/comedian/screenwriter trying to get in touch with his roots after being overwhelmed in Hollywood. Traci Lords is utterly charming in an atypical role.
Other reviews demonstrate this movie is not for everyone, but I found it likable and funny.
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Miramax claimed Funnyman Jerry Stiller (ZOOLANDER, TV´s THE KING OF QUEENS), Tim Matheson (VAN WILDER, ANIMAL HOUSE), Traci Lords (BLADE), and Fred Willard (AMERICAN WEDDING, A MIGHTY WIND) poke merciless fun at the overblown culture of Hollywood in this award-winning comedy (Audience Award –- Best Feature and Best Actor, HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival 2001). When TV’s Merv Griffin sues him, a frustrated commercial actor called ´Milwaukee Steve´ (Stephen Burrows) unwittingly stumbles into the notoriety he´s longed for! As he rides the wave of undeserved popularity, Steve discovers that life in Hollywood’s fleeting limelight can be just as maddening as rejection! But even though a return to his childhood home of Milwaukee doesn’t give him what he’s looking for ... it might just get him what he needs! In the irreverent tradition of JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK, you’ll laugh out loud as this hilarious comedy dares to compare the insane business of Hollywood with the equally insane, but completely mundane, routine of Midwestern life!
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