The movie that the characters are making in the 2021 film “Official Competition” is almost certainly terrible, but its actual quality is beside the point.
What’s important is the movie’s perceived quality, so that it can win prestigious awards and burnish the reputation of its producer and financier, multi-millionaire pharmaceutical executive Humberto Suarez (Jose Luis Gomez).
There are plenty of comedies — of varying distinction — that satirize Hollywood, but not nearly as many that target self-important arthouse filmmakers who are insufferable in their own unique ways.
“Official Competition” is the perfect movie to cap the exhausting annual awards season that ends with the Oscars on March 2. After reading seemingly endless articles about which movies will or should win which awards and why, I find it refreshing to watch a movie that hilariously skewers that entire mindset, which pervades the global film industry.
Produced in Spain, “Official Competition” may
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