The Critic (2023)
Genre: Crime / Drama
Duration: 95 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom / United States
Directed by: Anand Tucker
Stars: Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton and Mark Strong
IMDb score:
6,0 (6.247)
The Critic plot
London, the year 1934. Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theater critic alive. Actress Nina Land, devastated by the scathing reviews she receives, is determined to win his favor. But when Jimmy finds himself in the crosshairs of his newspaper's new owner, David Brooke, Nina becomes entangled in a dangerous web of blackmail, deceit and murder.
Actors and actresses
Jimmy Erskine
David Brooke
Annabel Land
Jimmy Erskine
Stephen Wyley
Cora Wyley
Tom Tunner
Reviews & comments
blurp194
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- 5543 messages
- 4226 votes
Ian McKellen is fun as the critic the title refers to, and the always elegant Gemma Arterton is just the right actress to counter him. Too bad that after an interesting start the plot gets a bit lost in a too easy game and pays too little attention to the character development that made the beginning seem so promising. And the beautiful sharp language also disappears too much.
Visually it all fits, although the key scene is a bit too poetic for my taste. Perhaps that is also the result of the restoration work that was apparently done between the first screening and the release a little over a year later.
Translated from Dutch · View original
scorsese
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- 13232 messages
- 11124 votes
A decent film about an elderly theater critic who fears for his job when his boss dies. The first half is entertaining and has a rather original plot. After that, the film sags a bit at times. It's reasonably stylishly shot here and there, and the cast is strong.
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