Review of Movers & Shakers

This movie is a startlingly good look at the kinds of internal politics that drive the movie business. It's occasionally very funny, sometimes not nearly as funny as you'd like. It's always pretty dry humor. But the truth that this picture has to tell is pretty dead on. There is a scene of a script conference that is a deadly accurate portrayal of the kind of meeting where the participants hype themselves into thinking they've actually decided something, but there is no content. It also has one of the best scenes about non-communication in a relationship that I've ever seen. While the movie is far from perfect, it is filled with gemlike moments, and well worth seeing.