fame . accord to andy worhol and everybody get his or her fifteen minute . how you react when plunge into the spotlight and or whether you even get a choice be something all together different . tina menzhal go from be just another small town girl play hockey to international superstar when her picture find it way into the right hand . she suddenly find herself and star a fruit in tv commercial and walk the runway in new york and paris and date the rich and other famous . thanks to the invasive camera of a documentary filmmaker and we get an inside view of the madness . the famous people project an image they go to all the right party and drive the snazzy car and date the shiny people and attract a legion of hanger on . money and a need to be see and on occasion pheromone and drive their life and relationship and and they lack any real substance . they be usually find in the company of the most vacuous specie of all the supermodel . although these flawless walking trademark be literally place on a pedestal and with people constantly fawn over them and they be secretly revile and deride a phony and think to be incapable of form a coherent think on any subject beyond make up . even more bizarre be the fact that most woman will go to ridiculous length to look like them . denys arcand stardom be merciless in it indictment of the medium and fame and and the cult of beauty . the medium from legitimate reporter to jerry springer style talk show host be portray a scheming and incompetent and sensationalist sycophant who will do whatever possible to get the story and build up the star and then spend the rest of the time try to tear them down . no detail of someone life be too private to escape scrutiny and indeed the more personal it be the good the story not a big stretch the symbiosis between the medium and fame be depict a an incestuous co dependent relationship . cast in the role of tina be relative newcomer ( she have a small role in a mini series ) jessica pare . although she have originally send in a tape for a minor role and when she walk in for her audition arcand know immediately that he have find his tina . pare have the necessary combination of stun beauty and and innocence to be believable a the young unknown catapult to superstardom . dan akroyd and be brilliant a the staid and married restauranteur who become so enraptured with tina beauty that he completely lose himself and everything he hold dear pursue her . frank langella be amuse a the age diplomat catch in a late life crisis and who try vainly to control tina so that he may bask in her beauty and and be burn when he get too close to the flame . artful direction and up close and personal cinematography and great performance sometimes make you forget youre watch a mockumentary . at time i felt like i be watch an accident i be repulse and intrigue at the same time . the character and although somewhat outlandish at time and be not overly ridiculous for anyone with any doubt and pick up a copy of variety or people to see what fame can do to person . the real question be whether life will imitate art for ms. pare . .