Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

bmalone135 I rather enjoyed most of the movie, although there didn't seem to be any character development at all. Maybe I missed it. the Suit from BBC seemed to have a good change, but that's all I saw.And I did not care for the ending at all. As I watched this, I expected Klein to achieve his goal of making the TV pilot he wanted to make, and his version was great. The new version was horrible. But my main beef with the ending is that it just ended. I felt no sense of closure at all, and that's what you need to have a good ending. It's like the writers just ran out of things to put down so they decided to just cut to black right there.I don't know. If there was a specific reason for that, or if it symbolizes something, please tell me what I missed.

disdressed12 or at least as small apart of it.namely,what it takes to get a script for a TV show to the the pilot stage and beyond.it focuses on one network and one man who pitches his idea to them.one of the network big wigs(Sigourney Weaver)is full of herself and always manages to make things about her.Weaver is brilliant here.David Duchovny plays the writer hoping to get his script picked up.he leaves the character of Fox Mulder in the dust,proving he is no one trick pony.Justine Bateman is almost unrecognizable as his put upon wife.all in all,this is a very clever work,which pokes fun at the television industry and how stupid,plastic and shallow many of the people(mostly the corporate types)behind the scenes are.for me,The TV Set is a 6/10

anniedonette A hilarious reflection on the process of making a pilot and the state of the TV industry in general. The script, characters and performance style provide a brilliant, subtle humour (far more convincing than the slapstick and gross-out styles that can be found on other projects that Judd Apatow has been involved with). The characters will absorb you instantly, providing a cross section of the weird and wonderful who decide what goes onto our boxes. As we undergo the making of a pilot TV show, so unravels the effects that this has on those involved, and we can observe the relationship between the characters' TV careers and personal lives (although in some cases this could have been explored deeper). You will find yourself laughing out loud, whilst wincing in pain at the injustice of it all! This cringe-worthy comedy is a must-see for anyone who enjoys television!

JoeB131 I thought this film was okay, but not great.Certainly, it is a topic that can be mined for great comedy and social commentary. How does Hollywood, which has so many talented people in it, churn out such crap to put into our living rooms every night? I think the producers here try to give us a behind the curtain look at that, but they don't really hit it with the edge that they could hit it with.The plot is that Duchovny's character is a writer who creates a show about a lawyer who is touched by the death of his brother by suicide, and slowly watches as his original concept is bastardized by network executives. Network meddling turns a neat idea into a farce. First, they put in an actor the creator doesn't want, and his inadequacy ruins much of the chemistry. Then they change the premise, and finally the title.The movie ends abruptly as the main character watches a clip for a show that looks nothing like his original idea.It works on some levels, but on others, it kind of falls flat.Sigourny Weaver is brilliant. Duchovny just doesn't work well in this role. You are supposed to get the idea of a man who makes Faustian bargains to get his vision on the air, and then has his vision destroyed. Duchovny's character never really expresses his passion for his original concept, so you don't care all that much when Weaver's character steamrollers him.I find this interesting, because no doubt they cast Duchovny because of his name recognition. The premise is how a TV show can be ruined by bad casting when this movie was ruined by bad casting.