It has the same flaws that are common among Lionhead games, but, despite that, The Movies is highly recommended.
However, at the same time, the game doesn't seem content to cater to this demographic alone. In fact, it desperately tries, and fails, to appeal to everyone who likes Sim or Tycoon games. The good news is that it doesn't do a bad job at that (The game trying to mimic the relationship aspect of The Sims is when it's at its worst.) but the bad news is that, when you get deep into the Tycoon-esque aspect of the game, you'll realize it doesn't do a very good job either. That won't stop you from enjoying it until you get to the point where you can make your own movies, though.
The ability to make your own movies is probably the best aspect of the game. It could be argued that there are not enough scenes, and that most of the focus went into the details, not into the big picture; but the movie maker is still wonderful. There just ain't anything like watchin a movie that you just finished.
Back to the Tycoon side of the game, the interface basically relies on you picking up something and putting it into a certain section or in front of a building to do just about anything. This works well in the beginning, but later on it gets very annoying; because chances are you'll have a lot of different buildings, and it will be hard to remember exactly where each one is. You may have heard this before, but there is CONSTANT micromanagement in the game. And it is exhausting, but that doesn't even come close to, what is, in my opinion, the worst flaw in the game: You don't have room for all the movie sets. That's right, the game actually hinders your creativity by something as stupid as what you can fit in your lot. If you insist on using a certain set that you don't have room for, you'll probably have to sell a bunch of smaller sets, or another big one, to make room. Nobody wants to constantly delete and rebuild things just so that they can make the movies they want. Not even Sandbox mode solves this problem, and that's just wrong.
Thankfully, The Movies is mostly bug free, but there is a single, very serious one: every once in a while, if a movie with a script generated by AI writers is shooting, and another movie is shooting at the same time, the AI may suddenly stop shooting the movie with the generated script for no reason, and no matter what you do they won't ever start shooting it again. This is very rare, but when it happens, it can throw your entire game of course.
Now, with all these flaws, you may think that The Movies is a bad game, but it isn't. It's a great one. And it's especially amazing because of just how good the game is despite its flaws. The Movies is DEFINETELY not a perfect game, but it is a great one, and once again, highly recommended.