Le rêve d'Hollywood

I fee so bad for these for children. But I am so glad the Tami Erin did not give these poor kids sex tape tips.

Do yourself a favor and watch something else.

It is incredibly difficult to rate something with so much dysfunctional behavior with such a good rating but here we are.

This film should be must-see viewing for anyone wanting to drag their child(ren) to Hollywood in the hopes of 'making it.'

Watching these parents behaving so incredibly narcissistically, it really isn't hard to see why the kids take on the same pathological patterns.

Either kids have it or they don't, and the ones that do are the ones who work (very sporadically) in the industry, then grow up to wonder where the cameras went and why no one loves them anymore.

There are incredibly small numbers of kids that make it to that desired level, and fewer that find regular work, and even less who come out of this mess unscathed.

Given all that we now know about Hollywood and their canal of pedophiles/groomers/predators, I can't for the life of me understand anyone willfully dragging their child into this mess, but I'm quite certain they still do because 'not my child!' syndrome is still pervasive.

Whatever is going on out there now, this should still be mandatory viewing for how not to behave and what not to do/say.

A well-done, somewhat comical (but mostly disturbing) documentary on what goes on behind the scenes.

Delightful and introspective without pushing judgement or agenda, which makes for the best fly on the wall documentary!

I've caught bits and pieces of this movie over the last few months, and finally watched it in it's entirety. I'm not sure if it was the filmmakers goal to show how screwed up Hollywood is or not, I got the sense they felt the people they were filming should be taken seriously, but the egocentric, scam laced, delusional lifestyles of these people made me glad I've never had any interest to pursue any sort of dreams of fame.

I felt sympathy for the kids, as they were being pushed into something most obviously didn't want to do, manipulated by nightmare mothers, exploited by scam artist agents, and insincere casting directors. I could feel the awkwardness as the kids simply repeated what their mothers told them to say about things like why they wanted to be actors & actresses.

Every scene alternated as an example of how everyone in the Hollywood machine was trying scam someone else out of their piece of the pie, and these parents willingness to throw all their money away on these scams in their displaced desires. Watching these parents make their children jump through hoops like trained seals was surreal.

The entire movie was an example of poor parenting and the train wrecks that people can be. The scenes that stood out for me was the BS new- agey exercises for the kids to "feel great" about themselves, the fat tacky mother talking about getting out of their one stop light Missouri town and talking about how she use to drink all the time, the agent that repeated the same spiel with different girls, the self proclaimed "movie star" Tami Erin's name dropping (even though she's only had 4 credits to her name), and the one mother that joined Scientology to network with the stars.

There was value to watching this movie, but based on the "success stories" at the end of the movie, I'm not sure the filmmakers realized what message non-Hollywood types would take from it.

this documentary is very nice, especially if like me, you have chance to stay here at Oakwood Apts. I'm here for businesses, is very common for people traveling in different city to use these apartments, way cheaper than hotels. I've been noticing all these kids and I never understood why so many kids... well here we go...

Sad story is that i personally overheard a conversation between some kids in the swimming pool and they were talking about agents, managements and money: i was disgusted. F king idiot parents. they all be drug-addict trust me.

BTW

Tami Erin, the self-called movie star, not only has just 4 credits on IMDb but also has been nominated for the Razzie Award as Worst New Star!!!! AHAHHAHA. Loser.