It's Ed Wood meets The Player in the form of a wacky mainstream comedy attempt to breathe new life into the careers of Martin and Murphy. All the Hollywood satire here has been seen before in more clever forms, of course, but that isn't the problem with this movie -- the problem is that it simply isn't very funny. I think I laughed two or three times in the 1 hour and 40 minutes I spent watching it. It is flat and unengaging, and it surprised me that it was directed by Frank Oz. If you're coming at Bowfinger for Steve Martin -- stick with his earlier comedies. If you're coming for Eddie Murphy, well ... maybe you'll like it ... I only very occasionally find him funny to begin with. But essentially this is just another strangely vacant, soulless late-90s throw away.