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Frederick is the key to the movie and she's definitely an impressive new talent, someone who can really hold the screen and who delivers something striking or memorable in every scene.Full Review

Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune

The movie buzzes with the quirky rhythms of Jaglom's patented improvisational shooting style, and those of Frederick herself, whose go-for-broke zaniness recalls that of a former Jaglom ingenue, Karen Black.Full Review

Village Voice

Jaglom's scruffy style doesn't carry it through. He puts enough toxic insincerity on screen to singe, though.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

Knowing but never jaded, Hollywood Dreams is driven by Ms. Frederick's no-boundaries commitment to her broken character, a performance that's as startling as it is touching. In Mr. Jaglom's maverick hands, the appeal of illusion over reality is both fatal and irresistible.Full Review

Jeannette Catsoulis
The New York Times

It's unclear whether Frederick's an awful actress or a tremendous one pretending to be awful, but either way, it's hard to pity her nasal, pushy, babyish Iowa girl.Full Review

Tasha Robinson
The Onion A.V. Club
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