Celeste in the City (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Larry Shaw

Writers (WGA):

Abdi Nazemian (written by) &
Micah Schraft (written by)

Release Date:

12 February 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

It takes a lot of people...to be yourself

Plot:

A small-town girl new to Manhattan gets the make-over treatment from her gay cousin, leading to a whirlwind of romantic adventures.

Plot Keywords:

Gay Interest | Makeover | Character Name In Title

Cast

Majandra Delfino	...	Celeste Blodgett
Nicholas Brendon	...	Dana Blodgett / Harrison
Ethan Embry	...	Kyle Halley
Michael Boisvert	...	Mitch Tanzer
Sadie LeBlanc	...	Amanda
Jamie Robinson	...	Xavier
Geoffrey Pounsett	...	Bruce
Deborah Gibson	...	Monica
Allegra Fulton	...	Hilly
Janaya Stephens	...	Lauren Rawley-Simms
Kathleen Laskey	...	Pheobe Blodgett
Dwight McFee	...	Howard Blodgett
Irene Lopez Kuchilani	...	Lupe
Niamh Wilson	...	Young Celeste (scenes deleted)
Alexander Conti	...	Young Dana (scenes deleted)

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials) | Brazil:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Anonymous Content

Trivia:

Celeste's last name is Blodgett, in reference to 'Star Is Born, A (1937)' and 'Star Is Born, A (1954)', in which the main character is also named Blodgett and goes through a similar makeover and career transformation.

Goofs:

Continuity: Towards the end of the movie, Celeste is sitting in her boss's office wearing a blue and gray shirt. In the next shot, as she is leaving the office, she is wearing a burgundy suit jacket. In the next shot, where Celeste is running out of the building, she is wearing the blue top again.

Quotes:

Celeste: I have this moto that I live by: "Don't mix business with pleasure." Not that you were much of a pleasure.

Not Worth the Trip

A huge lesson that Celeste allegedly learns in this story is that it's wrong to assume you know a person simply based on the stereotypes to which they seem to fit. For example, she mistakenly assumes a male interior decorator friend of hers is gay, thus hurting his feelings tremendously when he tells her he has feelings for her.

Yet this TV movie itself is so peppered with irritating stereotypes that the filmmakers seem immensely hypocritical. Celeste has a number of male buddies in the hair/clothes/appearance industry, all of whom are bumbling, effeminate, militant fashionistas. Her "cute" boss boyfriend, while he seems essentially pleasant and charming for the first 90% of the film, suddenly turns very "boss-like" at the end and turns out to have been cheating on Celeste and using her writing as a way to get into her pants.

Overall this film is incredibly ridiculous. I wouldn't waste your time.