
The rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Troy Duffy, a blue collar Boston twenty something that struck a dream movie deal with Miramax in 1997 to direct the $15 million project "Boondock Saints" from his own script. It was a deal that received worldwide attention. But when Miramax jumped ship and put the film in turnaround, Duffy's overnight success soon starts to crash and burn.... (Full plot summary below)
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The rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Troy Duffy, a blue collar Boston twenty something that struck a dream movie deal with Miramax in 1997 to direct the $15 million project "Boondock Saints" from his own script. It was a deal that received worldwide attention. But when Miramax jumped ship and put the film in turnaround, Duffy's overnight success soon starts to crash and burn.
Leave your thoughts about Overnight.
| New York PostLou LumenickIt exerts a certain train-wreck fascination. |
| E! OnlineE! StaffIt's a weirdly compelling, karma-threatening laugh at the expense of someone who got the beatdown he deserved. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereSeveral Inside Hollywood stories rolled into one. |
| New York Magazine/VultureLogan HillThe latest entry in the ever-expanding Harvey Weinstein demonology, this jittery documentary is as raw as the filmmakers' rattled nerves. |
| Reel.comTimothy KnightA funny, sad, and disturbing cautionary tale about the perils of instant success, the documentary Overnight should be required viewing for any aspiring filmmaker. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderThe film would be painful to watch if its subject weren't such an insufferable lunkheaded egomaniac. |
| Seattle TimesErik LundegaardOvernight is a pungent documentary that details the awful, groping evanescence of Hollywood buzz. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongWhile the film follows Duffy's business disasters and blusterings, it never really offers much depth on either its central subject or his posse. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsShane BurridgeFor Duffy, watching this film must be like seeing a scab peeled off |
| Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderAs much a film about Hollywood as it is about obsessive personalities, Overnight achieves the dual feat of making us deeply dislike Duffy while we still root for him. |