existence, but Cronenberg’s attack is a particularly twisted take
on tinseltown. A dark comic tale
with surreal touches, Maps to
the Stars feels like a collaboration between David Lynch and
Larry David. It has the cheap
video aesthetic of Inland Empire
and Curb Your Enthusiasm, overexposing its characters in every
sense of the word.
Pyromaniac Agatha (Wasikowska) returns to her hometown
of Hollywood, having been re-
leased from a rehab center. Her
parents, self-help guru Stafford
(Cusack) and Cristina (Williams)
are none too happy about her
reappearance, as Agatha is privy
to a dark secret about the couple. Meanwhile, Agatha takes a
production assistant job for actress Havana (Moore), a pill-popping paranoiac who gives Sunset
Boulevard’s Norma Desmond a
run for her money in the crazy
stakes.
It’s the cast that elevates
Watch the trailer for Maps To The Stars
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