The Real Blonde

(Paramount)

Indie auteur Tom DiCillo (Living in Oblivion, Box of Moonlight) follows two struggling New York actors: Maxwell Caulfield as a smug, swinging stud with a hunky part on a daytime soap, and Matthew Modine, a "serious" actor wrestling with a long-term relationship. Neither the leads nor the plot provides much cohesion. What does are DiCillo's slick, slack wit, some uproarious vignettes, and a supporting cast that includes Catherine Keener, Daryl Hannah, Marlo Thomas, and Elizabeth Berkley.