Irrational Man
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: July 17, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 43 Critic Reviews
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16
Mixed:
18
Negative:
9
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38
Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanAug 17, 2015
Plotting has never been writer-director Allen’s strong point, and the story falls apart. It depends on coincidences that are unlikely individually and ridiculous together. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzJul 17, 2015
It is not merely a bad film. It is a collection of notes for a film that never quite evolved to the rough draft stage, much less cohered into a finished movie. That makes it more dispiriting than other notorious Woody Allen misfires. Read full review
35
TheWrapInkoo KangJul 18, 2015
Phoenix’s transformation from a scotch-soaked pile of tweed into a homicidally self-righteous ubermensch is fun to watch, but Allen too frequently loses sight of the story he’s telling. Read full review
33
The PlaylistJessica KiangMay 15, 2015
It's not funny enough to be a comedy, not well plotted enough to be a thriller but it's also not smart enough to be an actual exploration of all or even any of the many philosophies it, and Abe Lucas, espouses. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianMarc MohanJul 31, 2015
Allen's movies, even at their lowest, have usually boasted interesting musical scores, melding jazz, classical, and American standards. Irrational Man, though, uses The Ramsey Lewis Trio's "The 'In' Crowd," an already overexposed riff, so repetitively that I thought I was seeing the film with a temp soundtrack. The real Woody, whatever his flaws, would never have allowed this. I hope he comes back someday. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Nathalie AtkinsonJul 27, 2015
Not merely a bore, it’s excruciating. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJul 23, 2015
Every so often he inflicts something like Irrational Man on the world, which is so awful you have to wonder if Allen wrote it himself or farmed it out to some look-alike cousin out to destroy him. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierJul 15, 2015
Irrational Man plays, like so much of Woody Allen’s work over the past 20 years, like a bad Woody Allen parody. Read full review
0
New York PostLou LumenickJul 15, 2015
Irrational Man is so clumsily staged and lethargically paced that it makes such clunkers as “Small Time Crooks” and “Cassandra’s Dream” look like minor classics. Read full review
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