Fay Grim
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: May 18, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 26 Critic Reviews
Positive:
11
Mixed:
15
Negative:
0
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83
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Plotwise, the film seems actually designed to repel logic, almost a parody of a spy film. But it's played with such verve and dash and confident flair that you'll have a grand time. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Clever, fast-paced and surprisingly moving. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
You won't see another film like Fay Grim this year, and we should give Hartley credit for making it work on his own terms. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKevin Crust
A sophisticated, sometimes intentionally silly spy thriller of international intrigue, Fay Grim charts the history of American foreign policy while commenting on current global complications with wink and a nudge. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Hartley is very adept with actors, though – or at least some of them. Posey, for her part, displays a pert quizzical quality that's very charming and very funny. And Goldblum is tailor-made for Hartley's minimalist patter. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
There's no other woman acting today that even remotely resembles Parker Posey. For that matter, there's never been anyone quite like her that I can think of. She has the dynamite improvisational instincts of a born grifter who wandered too far from one con and ended up in another – acting – and her tricky-risky game of onscreen three-card monte is, again and again, a jewel in indie filmmaking's oft-tattered crown. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Strikes me as something of an elaborate mistake, a wasted opportunity and a script Hartley should have discarded. But I liked it anyway. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The movie opens with wit and dash, then devolves into a rather generic spy thriller. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
While Fay Grim is too uneven to win Hartley many converts, it is laced with enough intelligence and wit to remind longtime fans why they were drawn to his unique vision in the first place. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy Burr
Fay Grim falls victim to its own worried hyperactivity; it shuts you out with chattery paranoia. Hartley wants us to see the big picture, but he forgets we need artists like him to bring it into focus. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
It's not that Fay Grim isn't amusing. It is, in that deadpan, skewed way that indie auteur Hartley's pics always are. But there's not much else going on here. Read full review
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