Homage
Directed byRoss Kagan Marks
Screenplay byMark Medoff
Based onThe Homage That Follows
by Mark Medoff
Produced byElan Sassoon
Mark Medoff
StarringBlythe Danner
Frank Whaley
Sheryl Lee
CinematographyTom Richmond
Edited byKevin Tent
Music byW. G. Snuffy Walden
Release date
  • November 24, 1995 (1995-11-24) (San Francisco)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
97 minutes[2][3]
100 minutes[4][5]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Homage is a 1995 American crime thriller drama film written by Mark Medoff, directed by Ross Kagan Marks and starring Blythe Danner, Frank Whaley and Sheryl Lee.[1] It is based on Medoff's play The Homage That Follows.[4]

Plot

Cast

Release

The film was released at the Roxie Theater on November 24, 1995.[5]

Reception

Roger Ebert awarded the film two and a half stars.[6] John Petrakis of the Chicago Tribune awarded the film one and a half stars.[3]

Variety gave the film a negative review: "But the story provides no real rooting interest, and the creepiness of the material tries one’s patience."[1]

TV Guide also gave the film a negative review: "This arty, overbaked melodrama entirely fails to transcend its source material, Mark Medoff's pretentious stage play The Homage That Follows."[7]

Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Homage is too long, too repetitive, and too much of its dialogue is too literary for the screen."[2]

Stephen Holden of The New York Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Like many movies adapted from plays, Homage is often overbearingly speechy. The movie tries to pump up the energy by punctuating the monologues with zooming metallic sound effects worthy of "Hard Copy." But if the director, Ross Kagan Marks, intended these shock tactics as a commentary on tabloid television and its audience, the technique only comes across as a jarring affectation."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Variety Staff (December 31, 1994). "Homage". Variety. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Thomas, Kevin (September 20, 1996). "'Homage' Brings Fame Down to Earth". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Petrakis, John (August 2, 1996). "FLAWED `HOMAGE' RESORTS TO TIRED USE OF FLASHBACK". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 Holden, Stephen (May 17, 1996). "Homage". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  5. 1 2 LaSalle, Mick (November 24, 1995). "Celebrity Can Be Murder / `Homage' explores what turns a fan into a killer". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ Ebert, Roger (August 2, 1996). "Homage". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Homage Reviews". TV Guide. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
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