Mistress

Mistress

The Director Had A Vision. The Producers All Had Girlfriends.

Directed by Barry Primus

Produced by Meir Teper, Tribeca Productions

1992110 min5.4 / 10

A satirical comedy about artistic compromise in Hollywood, where a screenwriter's vision is progressively dismantled by the competing egos and mistresses of his financial backers.

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.

Questions people ask

  • Is Mistress violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Mistress scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Mistress end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Mistress easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 62% of films.

  • Is Mistress sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity88

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love7

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Mistress

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Mistress

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Mistress, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Mistress, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Mistress, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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