Simone
“A star is... created.”
Cast
Al Pacino 
Catherine Keener 
Rachel Roberts Benjamin Salisbury 
Winona Ryder Darnell Williams
Credits
Written by: 
Andrew Niccol
Plot
A washed-up film producer, Viktor Taransky, secretly creates a computer-generated actress, Simone, to replace a star who walked off his film. She becomes a worldwide sensation, and he cannot reveal the truth.
Sinekatalog’s take
Andrew Niccol's satire, with Al Pacino, Catherine Keener and Rachel Roberts, is a light, sharp comedy about celebrity and fakery that now looks prescient. Pacino is funny as the desperate producer, and the film is uneven but has more bite than its reputation suggests.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.1 / 10 (64,646 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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