Paul Simon in a role written by and for himself, a thin-voiced pop singer who hit his peak with Sixties protest songs and a decade later has been reduced to a mildly tolerated warm-up act for the B-52's, a singer very much like Simon himself, in fact, except for being much further downhill -- a fact that may indicate a tendency on Simon's part to overstate his grievances with the music world. The self-pity and dishonesty in that tendency are partly offset by the sweet-naturedness of the Simon character and by a seeming accuracy about certain record-business types. A strong predisposition toward Simon and his music will not be enough to make this movie into an important event in your life, but it would help. With Joan Hackett, Rip Torn, Allen Goorwitz, Lou Reed, and Blair Brown; directed by Robert M. Young. (1980) — Duncan Shepherd
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