
Having left New Hampshire over excessive demands by the locals, the cast and crew of "The Old Mill" moves their movie shoot to a small town in Vermont. However, they soon discover that The Old Mill burned down in 1960, the star can't keep his pants zipped, the starlet won't take her top off, and the locals aren't quite as easily conned as they appear.... (Full plot summary below)
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Having left New Hampshire over excessive demands by the locals, the cast and crew of "The Old Mill" moves their movie shoot to a small town in Vermont. However, they soon discover that The Old Mill burned down in 1960, the star can't keep his pants zipped, the starlet won't take her top off, and the locals aren't quite as easily conned as they appear.
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| Film.comErnest HardyWriter/director David Mamet, who's built a career in both theater and film by being a hyper-manly sort of writer, has crafted a film that is laugh out loud funny and dinner-conversation smart. |
| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressAn intersection of all kinds of filmmaking, genres and values that is ingeniously rich and one of the true gems of the year. |
| The Film YapNick RogersDavid Mamet, that president emeritus of hard-consonant profanity, often seems as comfortable with softer stuff as a man wearing wool in July. But this on-the-nose Hollywood satire played like Preston Sturges absolved of Production-Code limitations. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghMamet's jabs at Tinseltown's silken ruthlessness are quietly pointed, and the ensemble cast -- even the brittle and sometimes annoying Pidgeon (Mamet's wife) -- is brilliant. |
| TNT's Rough CutSusannah BreslinMamet has his work cut out for him by making egotistical stars and exploitative directors seem funnily new. But State and Main engages nonetheless. |
| Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachHilarious sweet and sour David Mamet comedy. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob StraussAs smart, witty and nasty as anything you'd expect from the artist. |
| Portland OregonianShawn LevyBouncing giddily from subplot to subplot and wisecrack to wisecrack, Mamet and company (and this is one of the truest ensemble works in years) satirize the slippery morals of the film racket and the surface-only decency of small town America. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA quintessentially wised-up insider comedy, ideally cast and filled with sharp writing from start to finish. |
| CinerinaKarina MontgomeryThis is exactly the kind of intellectual in-joke movie that a few people will adore with all their hearts, and a zillion people will go, "ehhh." |