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ENTOURAGE
The HBO series Entourage was given the full screen treatment in 2015 and if you liked the series, you will definitely find entertainment here.
For those who never watched the series, this is the story of Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) a really pretty actor trying to be a movie star backed by his childhood friends, who now ride on Vincent's coat tails: Vincent's arrogant brother, Drama (Kevin Dillon), also an actor; his manager Eric (Kevin Connolly); his driver Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), and Vincent's slick talking agent, Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven).
Since the demise of the series, Vincent has starred in 15 movies and has only agreed to do his next film unless he is also allowed to direct. Ari Gold is now head of the studio and is in charge of handling the money men for the movie. When Vincent needs more money, the son (Haley Joel Osment) of a money man (Billy Bob Thornton) is sent to the studio to check the movie out and does his best to stop it. Other subplots include Eric's female troubles, which include a pregnant ex, and Ari's former assistant, the very gay Lloyd (Rex Lee), who is getting married and wants Ari to give him away.
As already stated, if you liked the series, you will like the movie, but I have the same problems with this movie that I had with the series: none of it seems real, Vincent and his friends just come off like kids playing movie star in Hollywood, it's never made clear exactly how famous Vincent really is, but he seems to have a bottomless pit of money, yet doesn't really seem to have any real power in Hollywood. It seemed odd that the star of 15 major motion pictures had to beg studio heads for more money to finish his movie.
There's money everywhere and just like the series, there are a plethora of cameo appearances including Ed O'Neill, Bob Saget, Jon Favreau, Gary Busey, Kelsey Grammer, Andrew Dice Clay, David Faustino, and the show's executive producer Mark Wahlberg, but really the movie is just so much about nothing.
The HBO series Entourage was given the full screen treatment in 2015 and if you liked the series, you will definitely find entertainment here.
For those who never watched the series, this is the story of Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) a really pretty actor trying to be a movie star backed by his childhood friends, who now ride on Vincent's coat tails: Vincent's arrogant brother, Drama (Kevin Dillon), also an actor; his manager Eric (Kevin Connolly); his driver Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), and Vincent's slick talking agent, Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven).
Since the demise of the series, Vincent has starred in 15 movies and has only agreed to do his next film unless he is also allowed to direct. Ari Gold is now head of the studio and is in charge of handling the money men for the movie. When Vincent needs more money, the son (Haley Joel Osment) of a money man (Billy Bob Thornton) is sent to the studio to check the movie out and does his best to stop it. Other subplots include Eric's female troubles, which include a pregnant ex, and Ari's former assistant, the very gay Lloyd (Rex Lee), who is getting married and wants Ari to give him away.
As already stated, if you liked the series, you will like the movie, but I have the same problems with this movie that I had with the series: none of it seems real, Vincent and his friends just come off like kids playing movie star in Hollywood, it's never made clear exactly how famous Vincent really is, but he seems to have a bottomless pit of money, yet doesn't really seem to have any real power in Hollywood. It seemed odd that the star of 15 major motion pictures had to beg studio heads for more money to finish his movie.
There's money everywhere and just like the series, there are a plethora of cameo appearances including Ed O'Neill, Bob Saget, Jon Favreau, Gary Busey, Kelsey Grammer, Andrew Dice Clay, David Faustino, and the show's executive producer Mark Wahlberg, but really the movie is just so much about nothing.