Once the filmmakers have got the celebrities settled into Stella Street, they have a hard time figuring out what to do with them. Stella Street is the road best not taken.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
A hip comic curio.
A huge problem with the whole shebang is that the impressions (all courtesy Cornwell and Sessions) are shaky at best.
At full length its still pretty funny, but only for its natural 30 minutes, after which it grows repetitive and tiresome as only material meant for the short attention span can.
New York Daily News by Jami Bernard
Some of the jokes will elude Americans while the movie's hip quotient gradually fades away.
Surprisingly humor-free. Worse, with the exception of Cornwell's brilliant Bowie, the impersonations aren't particularly good, and can be found in any two-bit comedian's repertoire.
New York Post by Megan Lehmann
A sporadically amusing curiosity that falls short of effectively satirizing the public's fixation with the minutiae of celebrity lives.
The Hollywood Reporter by Michael Rechtshaffen
What might have achieved a degree of cult status across the pond when it was aired in 10-minute installments, struggles to pass big-screen scrutiny.