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Roger Ebert's review

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The hosts discuss Roger Ebert’s four-star review and its description of the film as smart, funny, of its time, and a metaphor for 1980s avarice.

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  • Ebert awarded the film four stars.
  • The quoted review calls the movie smart and funny.
  • The quoted review says Hollywood functions as a metaphor for 1980s avarice.
  • The quoted review calls it the movie The Bonfire of the Vanities wanted to be.