"Paparazzi" is the cinematic equivalent of junk food. It's all fairly contrived and manipulative, but slick, fast-paced and entertaining enough to satisfy. Tom Sizemore chews ACRES of scenery as the chief baddie and Cole Hauser displays great charisma, reminiscent of a young Paul Newman. It's not as sleazy as it COULD have been (which, depending on your own personal viewpoint, is either good or bad) but some scenes do seem to have more than a little ring of truth to them. Tightly directed and edited (it's over and done in less than 90 minutes), "Paparazzi" is a minor film, to be sure, but there are way worse ways to spend your time. Look for Cole Hauser to move on to bigger and better scripts.
