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)