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It's beginning to show its age, but this satirical drama remains a topical dissection of the American fascination with the cult of the non-celebrity. Stephen Dorff is the angry young man who is among a group taken hostage by camcorder-wielding anarchists, who force the networks to broadcast their tapes. But it's the rebellious Dorff who soon becomes the star attraction, making him, unwillingly, the hottest thing on TV. Dorff is suitably surly as the man fighting against his 15 minutes of fame and there's good supporting work from a pre-fame Reese Witherspoon and Jake Busey. Director Jefery Levy demonstrates a sympathetic understanding of 1990s teenage alienation, but the grunge soundtrack now sounds a little dated.

An aggressive satire on consumerism, violence and the media, this mind-numbingly profane film apes the shrill,... read more on Time Out