Danny Collins
Bleecker Street | Release Date: March 20, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 31 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
14
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Total FilmJamie GrahamMay 26, 2015
Hits all the routine beats but is plenty entertaining, with Pacino rediscovering his enviable pizazz to headline a quality ensemble. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 26, 2015
Pacino and his director don't get back to basics — given that Pacino plays the title character, an aging rock star who long ago sold out, that wouldn't make sense. But the actor brings such a charming attitude to the role that his performance feels far more genuine than the story itself. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierMar 19, 2015
Leave it to Al Pacino to find the good in the mediocre. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMar 17, 2015
Al Pacino’s done so much Acting over the last 25 years (hoo-ah), it’s disquieting to see him digging deep again—often with subtlety—into a rich role with hidden depths. Read full review
60
VarietyScott FoundasMar 9, 2015
Beneath the sitcom cutesiness and boldfaced sentimentality, the film manages to keep just enough reality coursing through to stay grounded. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMar 20, 2015
The movie becomes, perhaps inadvertently, a celebration of selling out. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenApr 1, 2015
Pacino delivers his best work in a long time, but it’s contained within an utterly predictable redemption movie that only comes alive when Pacino plays one-on-one scenes with the other members of the cast. Read full review
50
New York PostLou LumenickMar 18, 2015
Certainly watchable, but don’t go expecting much in the way of surprises. Read full review
50
ObserverRex ReedMar 18, 2015
Danny Collins is nothing to write home about, but it kept me entertained without too much guilt, and I didn’t wince. By today’s American movie standards, that’s becoming very high praise indeed. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMar 20, 2015
Ostensibly exploring a monumental what-if in a musician's life — a late-career reckoning that aims to make up for lost time — the movie is itself a missed opportunity, especially given that it stars Al Pacino. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMar 19, 2015
What authenticity Mr. Cannavale and Ms. Bening bring to their roles is the sense of groundedness and integrity for one-note characters in a movie whose screenplay is little more than an efficiently executed outline. Read full review
40
The DissolveKeith PhippsMar 18, 2015
If there’s a real person beneath Danny’s over-the-top showbiz-lifer persona, Pacino never finds him. Pacino probably still has it in him to do measured, subtle performances, but this isn’t one of them. He’s more mannerism than man, even in some otherwise-relaxed scenes with Bening. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMar 9, 2015
The spectacle of a dissolute hedonist suddenly acquiring a heart and a conscience late in life is shamelessly, and shamefully, contrived in its emotional trajectory. Read full review
40
Screen DailyTim GriersonMar 9, 2015
What proves irritating throughout the movie is the sense that Fogelman has chosen the easiest, least interesting execution of a rich premise. Read full review
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