Vincent Chase is an A-List movie star whose sky-rocketing career brings him to live in Hollywood, California. He navigates through fame and fortune with his childhood best friends. Chase's entourage is a group of his three closest friends from Queens, New York and his movie agent. The film hit theaters on Wednesday, June 3. The film was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Eric Murphy is Chase's manager, Turtle is his driver, Drama is his older brother, and Ari Gold is his movie agent. "Entourage' is a comedic drama film based on the life of Mark Wahlberg and his real life entourage. The movie depicts the lifestyle of Hollywood's A-List movie stars and friendships. It is a remake of the HBO television series with the same title.
IMDb rated the film 8.3/10 taken from 1,191 users. Metacritic rated it with a Metascore of 38 taken from 33 critics. Rotten Tomatoes rated the film 31% on the Tomatometer with an average rating of 4.7/10. The film received 22 Fresh reviews and 48 Rotten reviews. The Audience Score is 82% with an average rating of 4.1/5 taken from 17,323 user ratings. The film runs for 104 minutes.
"Entourage' stars Adrian Grenier as Vincent Chase, Kevin Connolly as Eric Murphy, Kevin Dillon as Johnny "Drama" Chase, Jerry Ferrara as Turtle, Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold, Perrey Reeves as Melissa Gold, Rex Lee as Lloyd Lee, Debi Mazar as Shauna Roberts, Constance Zimmer as Dana Gordon, Billy Bob Thornton as Larsen McCredle, Haley Joel Osment as Travis McCredle, Emmanuelle Chriqui as Sloan McQuewick, Scott Mescudi as Allen, Rhys Coiro as Billy Walsh, Nora Dunn as Dr. Marcus, Alan Dale as John Ellis, and Martin Landau as Bob Ryan.
"I've taken a lot of time to make it that if you've never seen the show, you can turn on this movie and you'll know this is a movie about a movie star and his friends," said Doug Ellin, the writer and director. "Quickly, you'll know the characters and then you'll follow the story, I hope. That's the plan."
Cameos include Nina Agdal, Jessica Alba, Tom Brady, Warren Buffett, Gary Busey, Andrew Dice Clay, Mark Cuban, Baron Davis, Julian Edelman, Kelsey Grammer, Rob Gronkowski, Armie Hammer, Calvin Harris, Thierry Henry, Cynthia Kirchner, Piers Morgan, Liam Neeson, Ed O'Neill, Emily Ratajkowski, Mike Richards, Stevan Ridley, Ronda Rousey, Bob Saget, Richard Schiff, David Spade, George Takei, T.I., Mark Wahlberg, Pharrell Williams, and Russell Wilson.
"It's chock-full of cameos," Grenier said. "I think we probably set a record for most cameos in a film."
The film was directed, written, and produced by Doug Ellin. Stephen Levinson and Mark Wahlberg co-produced the film. Rob Weiss co-wrote the story. Stephen Fierberg is the cinematographer. It was edited by Jeff Groth. The film's production companies are HBO, Closest to the Hole Productions, and Leverage Entertainment. The $30 million budget film was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
"Entourage works because it's about male friendship," said Ellin in an interview with Independent News. "The Hollywood setting is entertaining but it's really about the relationship between these guys. Ultimately, the show's theme is friendship and family. The characters may have the bling, but they're grounded guys who look out for each other. That's the backbone of the show. If it was just about fantasy lifestyles, it wouldn't be relatable."
Kevin Connolly at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 2007.
Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes:
1) "It may be not much more than a heavily branded romp through a Hollywood fantasyland, but it's got a pulse. It's easy fun. No one ever died from reading People magazine," wrote Lara Zarum from Village Voice.
2) "On that vicarious-pleasure level, the movie version delivers. Yet for anyone with a sense of irony or social justice, it's also frustratingly soft around the edges," wrote Joe Williams from St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
3) "The big-screen version of Entourage is constructed like the series, another chapter in a sequel-ready story. If you wanted something more, you won't get it. But you will get this, and if it does well, likely more of I," wrote Bill Goodykoontz from Arizona Republic.
4) "Entourage plays like a solid, if slightly too long, episode. But even given the bloat, the cast's easy camaraderie and a "play it as it lays" atmosphere wins you over," wrote Joe Neumaier from New York Daily News.
5) "Four years after its eight seasons as an HBO series, "Entourage" is back as a feature film, and the first thing that needs to be said is that you don't have to know the show to enjoy the movie," wrote Mick LaSalle from San Francisco Chronicle.
6) "The film's twitchy ADHD pacing hardly matters since we're in such good company," wrote Chris Nashawaty from Entertainment Weekly.
7) "At no point does anyone involved with the film ever take this too seriously, and as long as one takes it in the same spirit, it's perfectly enjoyable," wrote Andrew Barker from Variety.
