Bitingly cynical yet somehow still good-natured, The Player is one of the all-time great Hollywood satires—and an ensemble-driven highlight of the Robert Altman oeuvre.
A classic of Hollywood satires, The Player follows film producer Griffin Mills (Tim Robbins) through a story of blackmail, murder, and moral decay. After he starts receiving death threat postcards from a mysterious screenwriter, Mills sets out to uncover the sender’s identity while scheming to secure his job. [124 min; comedy, drama; English]
“One of the great films of the 1990s.” — Matt Brunson, Film Frenzy
“Part satire of Hollywood and its ever molting presence of dealmakers and sycophants, The Player is also a suspense film wickedly sure of its targets.” — Terry Francis, Southern Voice
“The Player can be admired even more now than it was at the time, because it so succinctly diagnosed the sickness that still causes Hollywood to churn out too much soulless 'product.'” — Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat
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