Casting By
HBO Documentary Films | Release Date: July 26, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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5
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1
Negative:
0
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83
The PlaylistKatie WalshJul 25, 2013
This film reveals not just how integral casting directors are to the creative process of filmmaking, but really how important they have been in shaping the history of American cinema. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyNov 1, 2013
This is an illuminating close-up on a vital cog in the moviemaking machine and a fresh perspective on key episodes in the birth of the New Hollywood. Read full review
80
Village VoiceDaphne HowlandOct 29, 2013
While Dougherty clearly had an almost eerie sense of how a particular actor might inhabit a part, this film also shows that she may have single-handedly created a filmmaking craft and then made it indispensable. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinJul 25, 2013
A vivid reminder of the hand-in-glove importance of right actor/right role — and the indispensability of those casting mavens who helped make movie history. Good stuff. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Geoff PevereJul 25, 2013
Casting By is also something of an elegy for a lost era, when talent, even at its rawest, stood far above prettiness as the primary reason for getting the part. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierOct 31, 2013
A look into one of the most invisible, and crucial, of cinematic disciplines. Using the seminal casting director Marion Dougherty as a subject, the film walks us through the intricacies of casting, with insight from Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Robert Redford and others. Read full review
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