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Verdict: Always amusing, sometimes hilarious.

Details: Starring Albert Brooks, Sharon Stone and Andie MacDowell. Directed by Brooks. Rated PG-13 for language, sexual innuendo and a brief glimpse of Stone's nude back. 1 hour, 37 minutes.

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Review: Just when you thought you couldn't take any more of Hollywood's self-absorbed navel-gazing, along comes Albert Brooks' perversely amusing "The Muse."

The writer-director-star plays Steven Phillips, a longtime screenwriter who, as everyone keeps telling him, has suddenly "lost his edge." Over lunch, a baby-suit at Paramount informs him that his three-picture deal is kaput and he's got to get off the lot by 5 because "Brian De Palma needs your office."

Luckily, Steven's old friend and fellow scribe, Jack (Jeff Bridges exuding Hollywood insider self-confidence), has a tip. It's a little, um, unusual, but it worked for Jack. He introduces Steven to Sarah (Sharon Stone), a genuine honest-to-the-gods Muse. As in, one of the nine daughters of Zeus.

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