| Everybody's Famous! | |
| Director: | Dominique Deruddere |
| Producer: | Dominique Deruddere |
| Starring: | Josse De Pauw Eva Van Der Gucht Werner De Smedt Thekla Reuten Victor Löw |
| Editing: | Ludo Troch |
| Distributor: | Miramax Films |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Language: | Flemish, Spanish, English |
Everybody's Famous! (Dutch; Flemish: '''Iedereen beroemd!''') is a 2000 Belgian satirical comedy film directed by Dominique Deruddere about a young teenage girl who is pushed by her poor parents to become a musical star. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 73rd Academy Awards.
Seventeen-year-old Marva Vereecken is a regular at singing contests which she never wins. When her father, Jean, gets laid off, he decides to kidnap the number one singer in the country, Debbie. The kidnapping greatly increases sales of Debbie's latest single, much to the pleasant surprise of Michael, Debbie's manager. Michael in turn proposes a secret deal to make Marva a star if Jean agrees to keep Debbie out of the way for as long as Michael wants.
Everybody's Famous has an approval rating of 55% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 53 reviews, and an average rating of 5.39/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Though some critics consider Everybody Famous too lightweight to have deserved a slot among the Academy Awards foreign film nominations, this whacky satire of the cult of celebrity makes for loopy, cheerful fun".[1] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[2]
| Group | Award | Winner/Nominee | Won | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | |||
| Festróia – Tróia International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Dominique Deruddere | ||
| Golden Dolphin | ||||
| Joseph Plateau Awards | Best Belgian Actor | Josse De Pauw | ||
| Best Belgian Actress | Eva Van Der Gucht | rowspan="3" | ||
| Best Belgian Director | Dominique Deruddere | |||
| Best Belgian Film | ||||
| Ljubljana International Film Festival | Audience Award | Dominique Deruddere | ||