本片根據好萊塢真人真事改編,是為了紀念一位偉大的好萊塢製片家,因為他在極端惡劣的好萊塢地獄中仍能保持難能可貴的人性,並由曾製作過票房與口碑極佳的【鬥陣俱樂部】知名製片艾爾特里森(Art Linson)親自執筆的同名暢銷書《What Just Happened: Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line》(暫譯:好萊塢最前線)所改編而成。艾爾特在書中以在好萊塢三十多年製作過數十部電影的過來人經驗大爆好萊塢演藝圈黑幕。
"BLISTERINGLY FUNNY"
無可救藥地好笑!—《知名DJ Mike Sargant/ WBAI-FM Radio New York》
“Robert DeNiro is at his most subtle and expansive."
勞勃狄尼洛登峰造極之作!—《知名影評人Michael Sragow /BALTIMORE SUN巴爾的摩太陽報》
"A superb, witty, look at Hollywood."
嘲諷好萊塢一針見血,幽默的一流之作! —《NBC知名脫口秀節目REEL TALK主持人Jeffrey Lyons》
"Robert DeNiro gives his most natural performance in a decade."
勞勃狄尼洛十年來最渾然天成的演出!—《知名影評Bob Strauss / FILM COMMENT雜誌》
"Smart and riotously funny, the adult comedy surprise of the year. Bruce Willis and Sean Penn are brilliant as Bruce Willis and Sean Penn. Robert De Niro's best screen work in years.."
慧黠而恣意流露的笑點渾然天成,本年度最令人驚豔的成人喜劇!
布魯斯威利、西恩潘表現搶眼,勞勃狄尼洛近年最棒的大銀幕代表作!—《知名影評人Pete Hammond / Hollywood.Com網站》
"What's more fun than watching De Niro? Watching De Niro act with fellow heavyweights like Bruce Willis "
有何比看勞勃狄尼洛和布魯斯威利同台較勁更有趣的呢?—《知名DJ Dara Welles /知名廣播節目NEWSTALK RADIO 710 WOR》