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11/02/07
Delirious (2007)
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Reviews Counted:55
Fresh:46
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: A funny, energetic satire of the paparazzi life and the entertainment industry, Delirious is another winner for indie helmer Tom DiCillo.
Synopsis: Director Tom DiCillo scrutinizes the entertainment industry once again (see also: LIVING IN OBLIVION and THE REAL BLONDE) with DELIRIOUS. The film stars Steve Buscemi as a scuzzy New York... [More]
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon
Director: Tom DiCillo
Reviews for Delirious
Top CriticThis satirical comedy is a connoisseur's delight, with Steve Buscemi in top form as the runt of a paparazzo who tries to exploit a homeless young man.
10/27/07
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10/13/07
Top CriticThe caricatures of Hollywood sycophants and media scumbags are obvious and painfully unfunny, while the life lessons about friendship feel as if they’ve been lifted from a Hallmark card. Delirious? Not quite. Delusional? Most definitely.
08/16/07
The overall, overstressed tone is one of cynical whimsy meant to be incisively hard-hitting, but more often coming off as merely tiresome and abrasive.
08/15/07
A victim of its own vitriol.
11/01/07
...it depends so consistently on plot contrivances and other movies (The King of Comedy,Midnight Cowboy, even All About Eve) that it often comes across as wannabe muckraking.
08/31/07
It would be nice to see a sharp, funny, penetrating satire of the new, kicked-up culture of empty media fame, but Tom DiCillo's scattershot buddy movie Delirious isn't it.
08/22/07
Too many different stories are vying for attention here, and none of them are very good.
08/16/07
Mature paparazzi drama isn't quite in focus.
10/22/07
DiCillo gets at how celebrity culture can erode a person's dignity and self-worth, and Buscemi's performance strikes just the right note between unctuous bottom-feeder and loveable loser. It's unfortunate that the rest of the movie tends to get too glib.
08/25/07
Tom DiCillo’s angry comedy Delirious subjects modern celebrity culture to a microscopic examination that shows the toxic virus of fame squirming under its lens.
08/15/07
Top CriticDiCillo finds comedy in the tragic, depth in the shallowness, and surprises in the cliché
09/12/07
Delirious, is among DiCillo's best, and returns to the central theme of his career: the elusive and destructive nature of fame.
08/16/07
Tom DiCillo’s Delirious, from his own screenplay, presents a paparazzo’s worm’s-eye view of the ridiculous world of celebrity culture.
09/05/07
Steve Buscemi and Michael Pitt are easily the best odd couple the movies have seen since Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon.
03/15/09
The film's got some good, amusing moments and, perhaps, an insight or two into hanger-on psychology.
08/16/07
A joyously raucous, sexy, deliciously biting fable...Delirious is superbly entertaining and completely satisfying
01/23/07
There's enough retro modern social satire here to support the comical efforts of a talented cast adding layers of emotional nuance. Alison Lohman ("White Oleander") remains a rising star with yet another inspired performance that surprises and charms.
08/16/07
It's not as sharp as his indie gems from the mid-1990s, but the thing's packed with bright performances and unique characters, which is what DiCillo does best.
05/08/08
Latest News for Delirious
April 07, 2008:
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July 14, 2007:
At once chaotic, moody, outrageous, ridiculous and deeply tragic, Delirious reaches way beyond Buscemi's wacko rabbit hole excursion into the fetid, goofy shallow heart of celebrity glitz.
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May 04, 2007:
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