“Bowfinger” is a comedy about making movies and while I don’t think it’s especially funny, the film is almost unsettlingly plausible in its depiction of Hollywood that I think it’s worth seeing.

In this film, Steve Martin (“The Jerk”, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”) plays a desperate wannabe filmmaker by the name of Bobby Bowfinger. He gets a script for a sci-fi action picture called “Chubby Rain” and decides to make the film starring Hollywood bigshot, Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy “Beverly Hills Cop”). The only problem is that Ramsey doesn’t want in so Bowfinger is following him and filming him without permission.

Steve Martin is totally believable as Bowfinger and somewhat amusing. Eddie Murphy is funny here and there and I like his absolute arrogance as Ramsey. Due to the nature of the film, Martin and Murphy get very few scenes together and that’s a real shame, I’d liked to have seen the two comedy legends interact more. Arguably the best character is the head of the secretive Mind Head cult played by Terence Stamp (“Superman II”); the whole cult is such a biting satire on Scientology that I’m surprised the film got away with it. Heather Graham (“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”) creates a few laughs as Daisy.

“Bowfinger” has some similarities to “Get Shorty” with a fairly similar premise and both are pretty similar in the sense that neither are particularly funny yet make great points about Hollywood. “Bowfinger” perhaps isn’t the dream pairing of Martin and Murphy that you wanted to see but it’s a harsh attack as well as a loving tribute to the filmmaking industry. I guess the film also reminded me a lot of “Ed Wood” and while it isn’t anywhere near as enjoyable as that film, I still think “Bowfinger” is a good watch for anybody that has ever wondered about what Hollywood is like.