The read
A Balasaur Score of 52 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 30%, Metacritic 45/100. Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes30%
Metacritic45/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
373 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom MatthewsScreenplay
- Costa-GavrasDirector
- Thomas NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John TravoltaSam Baily
- Dustin HoffmanMax Brackett
- Mia KirshnerLaurie Callahan
- Alan AldaKevin Hollander
- Robert ProskyLou Potts
- Blythe DannerMrs. Banks
- William AthertonDohlen
- Ted LevineLemke
- Milton Davis Jr.The Kids
- Bill NunnCliff Williams
- John LandisDoctor
- William O'LearyCTN Junior Executive
Stills
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Themes
journalisthostagemuseum