Hurlyburly

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Hurlyburly ★★ 1998 (R)

Casting agents Eddie (Penn) and Mickey (Spacey) share a Hollywood apartment with outof work actor Phil (Palminteri). Eddie uses cocaine almost constantly, Phil has just been dumped by his wife, and Mickey (Spacey), although more low key, is him self ready to explode. They're all desper ate to be huge “Hollywood” successes. Plot pretty much consists of the men vent ing their spleens and treating women like crap, particularly Bonnie (Ryan), a slutty exotic dancer traded between the boys. Snappy dialogue-happy script might have worked on the stage, but here, with the camera in close, the mean spirit becomes tiring very quickly. Paquin shows confi dence in her first adult role, as a drifter girl-toy. 122m/C VHS, DVD . Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Meg Ryan, Robin Wright Penn, Anna Paquin, Garry Shandling; D: Tony Drazan; W: David Rabe; C: Gu Changwei; M: David Baerwald.