Actor Martinez
Breaking Glass Pictures | Release Date: March 10, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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88
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 6, 2017
Mike Ott and Nathan Silver's film has a ghostly, tremulous quality that eats under the skin. Read full review
83
IndieWireKatie WalshFeb 21, 2017
Actor Martinez is a fascinating collaboration between these two filmmakers, who seem willing to pillory their own image and dissect the nature of moviemaking in order to uncover real cinematic truth. Read full review
80
VarietyGuy LodgeMar 11, 2017
Narrative and reality clash, tussle, and are eventually rendered indistinguishable in a witty, tortured puzzle picture — one in a growing subgenre of hybrid inquiries into the nature and limits of performance, which is not to say there’s anything quite like it out there. Read full review
80
We Got This CoveredZachary ShevichFeb 21, 2017
Blurring the line between a narrative movie and a documentary, Actor Martinez is a film experiment that’s difficult to unpack but hilarious to watch unfold. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKimber MyersMar 9, 2017
Like the man at its center, the film is aggressive and awkward, but there’s a sense of playfulness in how it pokes and prods at the world of independent cinema. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMar 8, 2017
It’s a clever but self-defeating exercise: a meta-fictional cautionary tale about itself. Read full review
60
The New York TimesAndy WebsterMar 16, 2017
Some movies about making movies (Truffaut’s “Day for Night,” for one) are charming. The self-references here, while intriguing, approach a comic navel-gaze. Actor Martinez has a saving grace, however: Ms. Burdge. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenMar 22, 2017
The film aims to be a cautionary tale, but it doesn’t seem that the filmmakers have absorbed the lesson. Read full review
20
Village VoiceSam WeisbergMar 15, 2017
Whether the real-life Martinez is this hotheaded and quick-tempered is left a mystery, but it matters not a whit, because even five minutes in the company of this Martinez is excruciating. Read full review
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