The film deals with a different experience led by Bobby Taylor and his dreams to reach his goal along the way. Now, Bobby is trying to reach his goal as a player, but there are road and mental barriers he faces, represented by a series of perceptions facing him.
Despite the film's conspicuously minuscule budget and shaky narrative structure, it is funny. If you value enthusiasm and imagination more than glossy sophistication, you'll laugh.
Although haphazardly paced and scattershot in approach, when it works, this satire on Hollywood's attitudes toward African-Americans is downright hilarious.
For a mere $100,000, Townsend and company have made a funny, poignant and technically proficient film -- one that should thoroughly embarrass those studios that routinely offer up badly made, multimillion-dollar disasters.
Mr. Townsend has taken aim at the industry's funny bone and struck a solid blow.
Chicago Sun-Times
January 01, 2000
Under the circumstances, Hollywood Shuffle is an artistic compromise but a logistical triumph, announcing the arrival of a new talent whose next movie should really be something.
