Cronenberg’s Hollywood satire Maps to the Stars is severely flawed, as Bruce Wagner’s script takes too many obvious swings at Tinseltown, railing against nepotism, Scientology, sequels and misbehavior of the rich and famous.
A good cast including Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack and Robert Pattinson keep things moving.
But the film’s structure and pacing are inert, and Cronenberg’s regular collaborator, the cinematographer Peter Suschitzky, can’t help the film’s artifice from feeling cheap, like a B-movie.
The melodramatic ending is wild but not satisfying, and ultimately “Maps to the Stars” feels like a halfhearted effort.
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