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With shameless glee, director Dominique Deruddere plunges the movie into wild plot twists. Incompetent kidnappers are always entertaining, and in the end, Deruddere puts a spin on events that make for interesting criticism of the media. But Everybody's Famous owes its success to the unique characters, fascinating people who are equally touching and hilarious, people you don't usually see in polished American films because they're neither hip nor beautiful - which makes them even more endearing.

Despite its atrocious theme song, which has to be heard to be believed, Everybody's Famous is not only the best movie ever made about Flemish show business, it is also my favorite comedy this year so far. I liked it even better than The Closet, and that is saying a lot.

And that's not all...
Later this Summer, we get to look forward to Sundance Audience Award winner Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the eye-opening coming-of-age drama L.I.E., Janine Garafolo and the cast of MTV's The State in the campy camp farce Wet Hot American Summer, and the dark Canadian comedy waydowntown, all of which are much, much better than the best blockbuster playing right now.