It is hard to take seriously any book about 80s movies that claims "Good Morning, Vietnam", "Romancing The Stone" "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", "E.T.", and "Coming to America" were considered junk when they first came out.
Freeman's writing style is annoying. She comes across as a bad Caitlin Moran-wannabe and honestly, I spent most of the time reading this thinking, I'd love to read what Actual Caitlin Moran has to say about this movie. It's all too bad because I do think the premise of a book about the changes in movies and moviemaking since the 80s could make a great book. This one ain't it, chief.