Weapons of Mass Distraction
November. 10,1997 RAs two warring media moguls grapple for ownership of a coveted professional football team, they use the newspapers, magazines and television stations they own to destroy each other's reputations.
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It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Take dozens of characters with zero development. Now, make them all unlikable and downright boring. Next, be sure they act like each and every one is reading cue cards to be certain all of the cardboard performances appear the same. The script should look as if it was put through a blender, and then randomly presented. And the most unbelievable insult to the poor audience is that all of this preposterous, backstabbing nonsense, is over ownership of a football team? That is "Weapons of Mass Distraction", a simply awful film.. Ben Kingsley, Gabriel Byrne, Mimi Rogers, Illeana Dougles, Jeffrey Tambor, Paul Mazursky, and Kathy Baker, all appear in this tiresome, shameful mess. - MERK
just because i had my caps lock on doesn't mean i'm shouting! this movie is great. it's one of a kind. i first saw it when i was a young teenager. the film has stuck with me since. it's dark, funny and i enjoyed the all star cast. check this one out if you think your life isn't going the way you want it to.its also not a well known picture, so if you can get your hands on it, i would advise you to do so. these other people don't know what they are talking about. i also think that a ten line minimum is too much. you start talking about nothing just to get your 3 line comment in. any ways keep up the good work you IMDb. you are doing a great job.
I must be real stupid. This movie was too deep for me. I couldn't figure out what was going on for most of the time. For example, why did that guy jump off the roof and kill himself at the end? What was the point of that parallel story about the out of work guy who kills a bus load of school kids? why did the son's helicopter have to fall and put him into a coma? what is it with this Cricket girl? i was actually quite engrossed towards the end because i thought the movie would reveal itself to me and i'd get the answers to all my questions, but alas, it didn't. i guess i'll have to spend many more years researching on IMDb before i'm ready for a movie of this caliber.
I liked the fact that this satire became more and more outlandish & soap opera-esque as it continued - reading one of the other user comments, it would appear not everyone got this...7.5/10