Maps to the Stars: You'll never look at Hollywood, or Julianne Moore, the same way Maps to the Stars is a 2014 satire drama film directed by David Cronenberg and starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon and Evan Bird. IN movies, when a young woman arrives fresh off a bus in Los Angeles, it's usually the start of a rags-to-riches tale. But while 18-year-old Agatha Weiss (Mia Wasikowska) is starry-eyed, it's not in any way you'd ever expect. She's weird. She wears long black gloves and her face bears burn marks. When a limo driver she hires (Robert Pattinson in a minor role) asks her where she's from, she replies: "Jupiter." Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore) Picture: Entertainment One Source: Supplied The Hollywood she has ­arrived in is not the dream factory of myth. It's Hollywood as seen through the twisted mind of David Cronenberg, Canada's prolific, obsessive director of tales of medical and psychological horror, working from a script by Bruce Wagner, a novelist who seems to hate Tinseltown with a passion. Agatha gets a job as a PA to diva movie star Havana ­Segrand ­ (Julianne Moore, who won an award at Cannes for this role). Agatha Weiss (Mia Wasikowska) gets a job as a PA to diva movie star Havana ­Segrand (Moore). Picture: Entertainment One Source: Supplied Havana is desperate to land the lead in a movie about her mother, a movie star who died tragically in the "70s, and it's pushing her fragile ego to the edge of sanity. Weepy and self-obsessed, she's hooked on medication and the kooky therapies of celeb shrink Stafford Weiss (John Cusack). Weiss's son Benjie (Evan Bird), meanwhile, is also a big star. Just 13 years old, he has shot to fame in a blockbuster comedy and it's gone to his head; he has already done a stint in rehab. Agatha Weiss (Mia Wasikowska) is starry-eyed but not in a way you'd expect. But the studio wants a sequel and is ready to roll the cameras, despite evidence the kid is cracking up. Maps To The Stars is the latest in a long line of movies depicting the darkness on the flip side of the silver screen. But even the likes of The Player (1992) and Day Of The ­Locust (1975) stopped short of the nastiness on show here, which goes well beyond greed and superficiality into sheer madness. You may find it hard to look at Hollywood - and Moore - the same way again. Maps to the Stars goes well beyond greed and superficiality into sheer madness. Film Maps to the Stars Star rating 3.5/5 Director David Cronenberg Running time 111 minutes Verdict Drama wallows in the horrible side of Hollywood Originally published as Drama shines an ugly light on Hollywood