There have been many films about making movies,some serious,some funny, many were satires. The Deal is a satire, but with a slightly different slant. I will not give away the clever twist, except to say,It is impossible to imagine the concept of a Black action movie hero playing British Prime Minister Benjamin Disreali,with the blessings of an on set Rabbi.. This is just the first part of the craziness..

LL Cool J-is the actor playing Disreali & believe it or not this comes across as fun & not offensive. Cool J is a gifted actor.

The crazy screenplay was written by Wm H Macy,who is also the star of the film, & Steven Schachter. who also directed.

Movies today have many types of producers, Macy & Meg Ryan are the 2 involved with the day to day shooting. They also fall in love.

Elliot Gould is the on set Rabbi, and his comic timing is as usual perfect.

Jason Ritter as the writer of the play is a fine comic like his late Dad.

All the acting is first rate. The film runs fast, Comic, farce satires should run fast, the audience is not to be allowed time to think how silly the story really is.

Location shooting was in Prague & South Africa.

NOTE: this is not a great movie, it was shown at various festivals & Sundance last year & now on DVD. It id however pure fun.

Ratings: *** (out of 4) 81 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)

Wow. This is tiresome.

It's boring and pointless and there is absolutely no humor.

Obviously this movie is made for Jewish people who work in and around Hollywood or New York and not for anybody from another culture.

This is insulting to anybody who is not Jewish.

There is endless yapping, love scenes which spring out of nowhere and a plot that also goes nowhere - because it appears from nowhere.

I have nothing against any religion or nationality, but this just sucks.

It's not only insulting to anybody who is Jewish - but also to anybody who isn't Jewish.

Basically, it's insulting to everybody.

The only people who can appreciate this on any level are the people that worked on the film in any capacity, because there is nothing else to enjoy. They made a few more connections, they made a paycheck, some got to travel and they get credit for something that is listed on IMDB - another notch, only not of anything of interest.

This was compared to Bowfinger - which in no way should it be.

Bowfinger is in no way any comparison.

Bowfinger is actually funny and has a plot which can relate to almost anybody - in Hollywood or not - and it doesn't segregate any religions or nations. The entire story of Bowfinger is a laugh from the first minute to the last - and it makes sense - even to 10 year old kids.

This is straight garbage - and as good as the people played their parts, they still were bad- because the story was bad - except for some few Jewish people who work in the film industry. They will find this intriquing for some mysterious reason.

The high rating system on here is constructed of the people involved in this mess, because nobody else on the planet would find it funny - even in a dark humorous sense. There is no comedy or dramedy - there is only tiresome boring nothingness compounded with endless chatter about faith of some religion.

If this was made by Catholics - it would suck, if this was made by Buddhists or Hindus, Islams, Baptists or Lutherans or any other religious sect on the planet - regardless which one chosen - it would still suck.

This was made by Jewish Hollywood business people for a very small group of Jewish Hollywood business people about a very small group of Hollywood business people and it employed a majority of Jewish Hollywood business people.

This is more racist than almost any other film I've ever seen - and it doesn't even entertain in any capacity. Even if I was Jewish - it would bore me - because it just sucks!

I don't have to be Jewish or understand the religion in any capacity to realize there is nothing here. There's a story which is about 1 hour and 40 minutes long and it's just a dreadful bore to sit through - and not even as entertaining as this review.

Any other Jewish people will be lost on this if they have no connection with any high sections of movie making. Even if they worked in the production office or accounting or as a crew member, they won't get the story - because it lost it's focus after 3 minutes of starting.

Congratulations if you are 1 of 3000 people that watched this film and understood it in any capacity. You are the rare and limited audience that this went for and somehow magically succeeded.

As horrid as this was, I'm glad it was made - not because it shows promise - but because it shows none. Which means - the executives in Hollywood really have no clue as to what they are signing on for, but if it includes Jewish themes - they hope to save their hides.

This will not be viewed by majority of people - but the amount of money that was spent on this could have made 10 decent budget films which would actually be enjoyed and viewed by millions - but surprisingly, bankers, producers, distributors and financiers decided to put out this crap in hopes of somehow getting a kickback or some sort of payoff further down the line.

Dreadful on so many levels. Regardless of race, this is just a stinker with no redeeming quality.

It's also super racist in it's very own way.