A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
A24 | Release Date: February 8, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
28
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 22 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
8
Negative:
12
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
NPRJoel ArnoldFeb 8, 2013
The moody picture even swings toward hopeful in its final minutes, as it tries to celebrate Charles as the man he is, faults and all. It's enough to leave you wondering whether even a glimpse inside this mind is too much. Read full review
60
VarietyBoyd van HoeijFeb 5, 2013
Swan is more of a doodle than a fully formed idea, though not necessarily less enjoyable for it, since it was clearly intended to be an undisciplined, anything-goes kinda story. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumFeb 13, 2013
No less sweet for being unoriginal: A guy (Charlie Sheen) mourns a bad breakup with the woman he loves (Katheryn Winnick). The execution, on the other hand, is perilously self-absorbed. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenFeb 7, 2013
The earnest passages mostly just lie there; the film works best on its frilly, exuberant surface, as a valentine to Streamline Moderne, Pop Art and L.A. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriFeb 9, 2013
As the film progresses, the actor fails to progress with it: As Charles Swan seems to become more aware of his loneliness, Charlie Sheen seems to become more protective of his Charlie Sheen–ness. Read full review
40
TimeMary PolsFeb 7, 2013
All this eye candy is ultimately only about as engaging as watching kids at play, which is what Sheen and Schwartzman seem to be doing. I can’t argue that this isn’t an accurate glimpse inside some man’s mind — perhaps Austin Powers? Read full review
40
Village VoiceNick PinkertonFeb 5, 2013
With neither the moral bite of satire nor a voluptuary surrender that really basks in shallowness, this is a vague, unsatisfying work. Read full review
40
Time OutJoshua RothkopfFeb 5, 2013
Fellini used to get away with such slender crises, but he had Marcello Mastrioanni behind the shades, as well as a more vivid penchant for psychosexual fantasy. Coppola and Swan are stuck in their obsessions with dorky album art and old-man cocktails at Musso & Frank. A precious, arid thing, Glimpse arrives pinned to Styrofoam like a prize arthropod. Read full review
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